MIRIAM NNOLI 
The restriction of movement directed by the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Egbetokun for the Edo State governorship election on Saturday morning left commuters and motorists stranded at Jattu junction on the Benin-Auchi-Okene highway in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.
The affected persons had anticipated that enforcement of the order would begin at 8 a.m., only to discover that security agents had blocked strategic routes before 7 a.m.
Saturday Telegraph gathered that the police, personnel from the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Services and other paramilitary agencies were part of the movement restriction team.
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It was further learned that a significant number of heavy-duty trucks, smaller vehicles, motorcycles, and commuters were in long queues at the junction.
Some of the drivers said they were traveling from Abuja to Delta but were refused passage by the security personnel.
Similarly, some of the commuters stranded at the junction said they had gone out of their homes to buy food for breakfast before heading to the polling stations to vote, not knowing they would be caught up in the movement restriction.
