Lagos bye elections: WAEC candidates, officials exempted from restriction order

Etim Effiong

The Lagos State Police Command has exempted the West African Examination Council officials (supervisors) and candidates who will be participating in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations for private candidates on Saturday, 5th December, 2020, from the restriction of movement order between 6am to 6pm of the date due to the bye elections of the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe 11 Constituency of the Lagos State House of Assembly on 5th December, 2020.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, made the declaration on Friday after due consultation with relevant stakeholders on the need to consider such exemption for the concerned officials and candidates.

The affected Local government areas for the bye elections are Epe, Ibeju Lekki, Kosofe, Somolu and Ikorodu.

Odumosu, however, said that according to the clarification made available to the police by WAEC on means of identification, the concerned WAEC staff will be identified by their staff Identification cards, while supervisors must be in possession of their appointment letters from WAEC or Identification cards and examination mail bags. The candidates will be identified by their photo cards which contain their names, passport photographs and subject details.

The police boss therefore urged those exempted to be law-abiding, orderly and courteous while in contact and relating with security operatives in the course of their movement during the restriction period.