Police restrict vehicular movement, commercial activities ahead of Bauchi bye-elections

The Bauchi State Police Command has announced restrictions connected vehicular question and commercialized activities successful 2 constituencies up of the bye-elections scheduled for Saturday, September 19, 2026.

The regularisation volition impact Disina State Constituency successful Shira Local Government Area and Sakwa State Constituency successful Zaki LGA, wherever the elections volition beryllium conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The command, successful a connection issued on Thursday by its spokesman, SP Nafiu Habib, said the regularisation would tally from 6am to 6pm connected predetermination day, with exemptions for essential-duty personnel, INEC officials, accredited predetermination observers and exigency responders.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, ordered the deployment of unit and operational assets to the 2 constituencies arsenic portion of measures to guarantee a peaceful and orderly election.

According to the statement, the deployment is being carried retired successful collaboration with different information agencies nether the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee connected Election Security (ICCES).

The constabulary further directed that information aides attached to VIPs, governmental bureau holders and nationalist officials indispensable not travel their principals to polling units oregon collation centres.

The usage of sirens and covered fig plates has besides been prohibited passim the e...