The Federal Road Safety Corps says it will not participate in Saturday’s local government election in Edo because it was not invited.

‎The sector commander, Preye Bedford, disclosed this in an interview on Friday in Benin. ‎According to him, the command’s exclusion from the exercise stems from a lack of an official invitation from the election stakeholders.

‎“My command is not involved. Well, we weren’t invited,” the official said.

‎Reacting to how the corps would navigate the 12-hour movement restriction scheduled from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., the official indicated that routine operations would have been suspended.

‎Mr Bedford explained that the command would assess the situation before deciding on any traffic control measures.

‎”We will only assess the situation before we know what to do,” he said.

Twelve political parties were cleared by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission to participate in the election into the 18 council areas of the state.

(NAN)