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By Modupe Shodeinde
Lagos Police Command has exempted officials (supervisors) and candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for Private Candidates scheduled to hold on Saturday, from the restriction of movement order.
The restriction of movement from 6am to 6pm was given due to the bye-elections of the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe 11 Constituency slated for Saturday, December 5.
However, due to necessity, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, in a statement issued on Saturday, has exempted candidates and officials of the examination council.
The statement noted that, “Odumosu stated categorically 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 Commissioner also urged the exempted persons to be law-abiding, orderly, and courteous in their interactions with security operatives in the course of their movement during the restriction period.
The affected Local Government Areas for the bye-elections are Epe, Ibeju Lekki, Kosofe, Somolu and Ikorodu.
