By Augustine Ehikioya
Following the order on the total ban of SPY number plates and immediate reversal to the original registered number plates by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has commended IGP’s bold step.
He also directed Commanding Officers of the Corps across the Nation to join hands with the Police Force to enforce the order.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, and made available to Security Watch Africa (SWA).
The Corps Marshal directed Commanding Officers to ensure that no stone is left unturned in the enforcement of the order.
He also warned other road users, who parade faded number plates, to endeavour to replace them with new ones to avoid impounding their vehicles.
Oyeyemi further ordered “full force and immediate impoundment of private vehicles that are using commercial number plates.”
He reiterated the implications of the continues use of faded and other unauthorized vehicle number plates to national security.
In his statement, the use of the SPY and other unauthorized number plates to continually violate traffic rules and regulations must be “brought to a halt, hence the directive given to Commanding Officers to brace up and ensure that they give adequate priority to the enforcement.”