The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is set to clampdown on vehicles with authorised number plates in Rivers State.
Assistant Corps Marshal of the agency, Frederick Ogidan stated this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, while launching ‘Operation Guduma’ aimed at stamping out the use of unauthorised number plates by some vehicle owners in the country.
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The operation is also expected to address the menace of overloading by commercial drivers.
Ogidan, the Head, Administration and Strategies, FRSC, Abuja, said that the tactical operation would strengthen national integrity and promote diplomatic confidence for foreign nationals.
“The use of unauthorised diplomatic number plates and unapproved number plates on Nigerian roads is alarming.
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“With the launch of this operation, it will no longer be business as usual for defaulters. Anyone found culpable will face the full weight of the law
“Faking and parading number plates that are reserved for diplomats or number plates not duly authorised by the authorities is a criminal offence that is punishable by law,” he said.
Ogidan further said that the FRSC had observed that some vehicle owners affix names and other impressions on the place provided for number plates.
“This is wrong because number plates are registered with vehicles. It is llegal to affix number plates without following due process.
“As a nation, we are expected to give foreign nationals the best protection and respect, this will enable them to reciprocate same,” he said.
He urged sister agencies to support the FRSC in its efforts towards sanitising the roads and reducing highway fatalities.
