Abeokuta, Feb. 22, 2023 – Niyi Ijalaye, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ogun State, on Wednesday warned that voters would not be allowed to make calls or take pictures while casting their votes.
Ijalaye gave the warning in Abeokuta while addressing journalists after a meeting with security chiefs in the state.
He said it would be a criminal offence to use mobile phones at the polling centres.
Ijalaye expressed the readiness of the electoral body to conduct free, fair and credible election with the help of the various security agencies and other stakeholders.
“We have been strategising and restrategising on way forward to ensure that elections in Ogun State will be devoid of rancor or violence of any sort whatsoever.
“That is what we have been doing and we want to seize this opportunity to appeal to the good people of Ogun State, the gateway state, to endeavor to just come out peacefully on Saturday and exercise their franchise, their civic responsibility to vote for people, candidates and parties of their choice.
“On no account will violence of any sort be tolerated in this state and that is what we have been discussing in the last two, three hours,” he said.
Ijalaye held a closed-door meeting with the security chiefs in the state, led by the State Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba. (GBN)
