The Kogi State Government has restricted vehicular travel on October 19, 2023, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., in preparation for the Saturday Local Council election.
Kingsley Fanwo, the Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, announced this in a statement made accessible to media on Friday.
Fanwo stated that the move is intended to ensure a smooth council election in the State as well as the security of voters and inhabitants throughout the State’s 21 Local Council Areas.
The statement reads:
“The State Government has directed security agencies to enforce the order in the interest of the people and to ensure that offenders are punished.
“The State Government also calls on citizens to come out massively to participate in the Local Government election to elect their representatives at the Local Government Areas. We assure prospective voters of adequate security as they exercise their franchise on Saturday.
“We also wish to express confidence in the capacity of the Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission to organise a free, fair and credible council poll across the state. We urge citizens to be peaceful and to make their choices known through the ballot.
“It is pertinent to call on our citizens to make democracy a free will of the people and the power of the ballot over the bullets. The State Government will do everything within the precinct of the law to maintain law and order.”
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