The Lagos state Governor Babatunde Fashola and a former commissioner for information in Lagos have kicked as the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, insisted voters should stay 300miles away from the polling unit after casting their votes.
Abba made the clarification in response to a question on Tuesday before a closed-door meeting with 90 commanders of some special units of the force.
“The police did not ban anyone from the polling units after casting their vote, we only advise people to cast their vote and leave the polling units,” he said.
The I-G further explained that he gave the advice as part of security measures to check violence and in line with the Electoral Act.
Abba charged the commanders comprising 59 Police Mobile Force Squadron commanders, 19 Counter-terrorism Units and 12 Special Protection Unit Commanders to be alive to their responsibilities.
He said that their units would be deployed as intervention teams on election days to respond to any outbreak of violence.
Meanwhile, Fashola at a rally in Somolu Local Government said it was wrong for the IGP to order voters to stay 300miles away stressing that the order contravenes the electoral Act.
According to him, nobody can monitor from such distance alleging that the order was part of the grand plan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to rig the polls.
In the same, Alake on a breakfast show, Sunrise Daily on Channels monitored in Lagos this morning said it was unimaginable to monitor polls from 300meter calling on voters to disregard the order.
