In line with the security architecture emplaced for the 2023 General Elections, Taraba State Police Command says human and vehicular movements will be restricted on Saturday, February 25th, 2023 between 12 am to 6 pm across all roads.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Usman Abdullahi Jada made this known in a statement signed and issued to journalists in Jalingo.
The Statement reads in parts: “In the same vein, security aides of public and private individuals, who have already been scaled down in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022, are not allowed to escort their principals to polling units.
“Except for essential duty vehicles such as ambulances, fire trucks, patrol vehicles of Federal Government security agencies, the use of sirens at or around polling units and collation centres is totally banned.
“In line with the Electoral Act 2022, no state-owned security agency is part of election security. Violators will be apprehended and prosecuted. Exempted from the movement restriction are essential workers, INEC officials, and election observers.
“Meanwhile, members of the public are encouraged to be law-abiding as they exercise their franchise. They are equally urged to promptly contact the police on any of the following numbers to report suspicious persons or activities around them. CALLS 090113019131, WhatsApp 08163689462,” the statement closed.
