The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has taken its enforcement marketing campaign towards motorists with irregular car registration numbers to Bauchi State, warning that offenders will not be spared.
The five-day operation, tagged Operation Guduma (Hammer), targets autos with pretend, lacking, pale, coated and unauthorised diplomatic number plates.
The train is a part of a nationwide safety measure directed by the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA, to make sure that autos will be traced via their registration particulars and possession information.
Leading the operation in Bauchi, Corps Commander Chorrie Muta’a mentioned the misuse of presidency registration numbers by non-public car homeowners had change into a safety concern.
He defined that some people, together with authorities officers, allegedly switch official number plates to their private autos to keep away from identification when concerned in offences.
Muta’a mentioned concealing registration numbers, significantly on autos with tinted home windows, might make it tough for safety businesses to establish motorists concerned in hit-and-run incidents and different crimes.
He likened driving with no legitimate registration number to having a baby with no identify, insisting that each car will need to have a recognised id.
According to him, the enforcement group would lengthen its operations past Bauchi metropolis to all 20 native authorities areas of the state.
He mentioned the Corps had carried out related workout routines in different elements of the nation and was decided to make sure compliance throughout Bauchi.
The FRSC commander appealed to motorists to regularise their car paperwork and cooperate with enforcement officers, including that the operation, which began on Monday, would finish on Friday.
