Delta orders restriction of movement for council polls

In view of the local government election holding across the 25 council areas of Delta State today, the state gov­ernment has announced the restriction of move­ment between the hours of 8.00am and 3.00pm.

Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who announced this in Asaba, explained that the restriction was to enable voters carry out their civic duty and ensure a peaceful atmosphere for a free and fair election.
The governor added that top government officials were not excluded from the restriction on movement order, advising them to go and cast their votes in their locality and return home.
He said security agen­cies have been put on alert to handle all security issues and ensure a hitch-free ex­ercise during and after the election.
“I want to assure you that the Delta State Indepen­dent Election Commission (DSIEC), has vowed to make the local government election free and fair”, the governor said.
As at the time of filing this report, distribution of sensitive materials was go­ing on, although the non-sensitive materials have long since been distributed.
Saturday Sun learnt that ten political parties would be fielding candidates in the council polls, which would be conducted in 3,624 poll­ing units across 466 wards of the 25 council areas.
While the ruling People’s Democratic Party is field­ing 25 chairmanship can­didates and 466 councillor­ship candidates, the main opposition, All Progressive Congress (APC) is fielding 23 chairmanship candi­dates and 324 councillor­ship candidates.