The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has called on residents of Ondo state to go out in their numbers to vote.
However, he says that there is a restriction of vehicular movement from 11:59 on Friday, 9th October to 6 pm on Saturday, 10th October as part of the efforts to ensure effective coordination of public order and safety during the gubernatorial election.
He, therefore, enjoins citizens to bear any inconveniences arising from the restriction order, noting that the order is part of necessary sacrifices we all have to endure to nurture and sustain democracy in the country.
He warns that anybody who engages in snatching of ballot boxes, vote-buying, vote-selling, hate speeches, and any other act capable of compromising the integrity of the electoral process will be brought to book.
The election which is scheduled for Saturday 10th October is a battle between three main contenders from the APC, PDP and ZLP.
A press statement signed by Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba, noted that the vehicular restriction order, among other things, is aimed at preventing political actors and trouble-makers from freely engaging in unpatriotic acts – circulation and use of illicit arms and hard drugs, movement of political thugs from contiguous States to Ondo State and disruption of the electoral processes, etc – which are inimical to the dictates of the electoral laws.
