The Federal Road Safety Corps in Anambra has impounded about 50
vehicles for plate number related offences in the past seven days.
The new Sector Commander of the corps in the state, Mr. Sunday Ajayi,
told reporters in Awka on Friday that the corps had discovered that
vehicle owners were now in the habit of using one plate number for
more than one vehicles.
Ajayi who led a team of safety officers on a patrol on plate number
awareness tagged "Strategic Intelligence Patrol Operations," said
using a plate number that was not registered with the vehicle bearing
it was an offence.
He said some criminals had used fake number plates in the past to
commit crime and mislead security agents trailing them.
Ajayi noted that about 50 offenders had been apprehended since last
week when the campaign began.
The commander further said that exercise was not only to punish
offenders but to educate government authorities and private vehicle
owners on the need to comply with rules of vehicle registration.
"The purpose of this patrol exercise is to check security and safety
on our highways, and since we started we found out that most drivers
and vehicle owners use one plate number for more than one vehicle,
others use private numbers for commercial vehicles .
"Others use government numbers for private vehicles, all this means is
that when crime is committed, plate number cannot give the correct
information, so we are creating the awareness so that people will
understand the importance of using duly registered vehicles for their
own safety and those of other members of the society."
The Special assistant to Gov Willie Obaino on Special Duties, Mr.
Uzoechina Chris, who witnessed the exercise praised the FRSC for
ensuring that government registration numbers were not abused.
Uzoechina added that the Obiano administration was always ready to
collaborate with the FRSC to make the roads in the state safe.
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