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FRSC cracks down on faux quantity plates in Abia, says it's for nationwide safety
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has continued its crackdown on motorists utilizing faux, defaced, and unauthorized diplomatic quantity plates in Abia State.
The enforcement, which began on Monday, is a part of FRSC’s nationwide safety measures, following a safety report from the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA.
In Abia State, the operation is being led by Oki Adetunji, an Assistant Corps Marshal, ACM, despatched from the FRSC headquarters, Abuja.
Speaking on Wednesday on the Umuahia axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt freeway, ACM Oki Adetunji stated that using faux and unauthorized diplomatic quantity plates by some motorists was constituting a giant risk to the safety of the nation, including that it resulted in income loss to the Federal Government.
He famous that the enforcement train is the second section, stressing that it was designed to stop legal parts from perpetrating crimes on the roads utilizing faux quantity plates.
Adetunji, who was accompanied by the Sector Commander of Abia State Command, CC Ngozi Ezeoma, in monitoring the enforcement, disclosed that the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, had lately sounded a safety alert in regards to the actions of legal parts who use faux, defaced and unauthorized diplomatic quantity plates to commit crimes on Nigerian roads.
“Our previous exercise contributed to a reduction in road crashes, but apart from road crashes, we don’t want anybody to use fake number plates to commit crimes or other breaches of the security of this nation.
“Because as quickly as they commit crimes with these faux quantity plates, they take away them, and that’s what we’re doing.”
Adetunji further advised motorists to stop accusing FRSC officials of punishing or wasting their time on the roads.
The Sector Commander of FRSC , Abia State Command, CC Ngozi Ezeoma, warned against acts that compromise national security and road safety.
During the exercise on Wednesday, a vehicle registered with motorcycle documents was discovered on the Enugu-Port Harcourt highway by the FRSC personnel.
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