The Oyo State government on Thursday announced the restriction on movement during tomorrow’s local government election from 8am to 3pm.
The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Oluseun Abimbola, said that the supposed legal impediment towards the conduct of the election has been vacated as a Federal High Court in Ibadan on Thursday struck out the suit filed by some persons from Eruwa against the Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) and others challenging elections into newly created wards in the state.
Abimbola said that in the suit FHC/IB/CS/47/2018, Justice Abdul Malik of the Federal High Court in Ibadan held that the subject matter of the suit was clearly on the powers of OYSIEC being challenged by the plaintiffs, and not the powers of INEC joined as a federal agency.
The state government said that there would be vehicular restriction between 8am and 3pm on Saturday, May 12, 2018 during the conduct of the local government election in the state.
The Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, said that students sitting for National Board of Technical Examination (NABTEB) with proofs would be allowed to move to their examination centres.
Arulogun explained that election will hold in 33 local government areas and the 35 local council development areas, urging the general public to troop out en-masse to cast their votes for candidates of their choice.
