By Ola Kay
“The FCT Police Command has observed with serious concern how motorists and car dealers drive around the territory with single or no number plates and car dealers beyond the stipulated time, which is 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Section 25 (5) of the Federal Capital Territory Road Transport Regulation Act, 2005.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, has said that henceforth, police will embark on arrest and prosecution of drivers and vehicle owners plying the roads with single or no plate numbers in the nation’s capital.
In a statement on Saturday through the FCT command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh,the police boss also cautioned car dealers against parking their vehicles in an unauthorised parking lot and driving beyond the stipulated time.
The statement stressed that defaulters would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
“The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, has given a marching order that vehicles plying the roads with a single or no number plate should be impounded, with the driver arrested and prosecuted. Also, he warns car dealers against parking their vehicles in an unauthorised parking lot and driving beyond the stipulated time, which is 6 pm., as defaulters will be made to face the full wrath of the law,” the statement warned.
The Command observed that motorists and car dealers driving cars with single or no plate numbers beyond the stipulated time are becoming a common sight within the federal capital.
Adeshina emphasized that incident such as ‘one chance’ operators in the FCT had been linked to the practice, urging motorists and dealers to desist from such conduct.
The statement also noted that, “The FCT Police Command has observed with serious concern how motorists and car dealers drive around the territory with single or no number plates and car dealers beyond the stipulated time, which is 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Section 25 (5) of the Federal Capital Territory Road Transport Regulation Act, 2005.
“It is no news that several recorded cases of armed robbery, popularly known as ‘one chance,’ are mostly associated with vehicles with single or no number plates. This unlawful act has pricked the attention of the populace, who have now begun to question the effectiveness of the police in addressing the menace.
The Commissioner of Police informed that, in an effort to ensure the safety and security of residents of FCT, motorists or car dealers who may run foul of the substantive laws on the subject will no longer be spared.
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