FRSC intercepts autos with faux diplomatic plates, information 1,600 violations

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Tuesday stated it intercepted 5 autos bearing faux diplomatic quantity plates and recorded over 1,600 quantity plate violations and 6,454 different site visitors offences in the course of the second part of its nationwide enforcement operation, code named Operation GUDUMA II.

An announcement signed by Osondu Ohaeri in Abuja, stated the operation carried out from November 2 to six, 2026, coated 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to curb car id fraud, strengthen highway security and deal with safety threats arising from the misuse of auto registration identities.

The states coated have been Lagos, Ondo, Cross River, Benue, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Bauchi, Imo, Abia and Kano, alongside the FCT.

The operation, accepted by the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, adopted issues raised by the National Assembly and the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) over the safety implications of auto id violations, notably the unauthorised use of diplomatic quantity plates.

A comparability with the primary part of the operation, which recorded 1,003 quantity plate violations and 683 different site visitors offences, reveals a big enhance in violations detected in the course of the second part.

Reacting to the end result, Mohammed stated the corps wouldn’t permit Nigerian roads to develop into protected havens for people in search of to hide their identities, evade regulation enforcement or undermine nationwide safety by fraudulent car documentation.