FRSC IMPOUNDS 89 VEHICLES IN PLATEAU OVER FAKE DIPLOMATIC PLATES, OVERLOADING AND MIXLOADING
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The Plateau State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded 89 vehicles for offences including the use of fake diplomatic number plates, overloading and mixloading during a special enforcement operation in Jos.
The operation, tagged “Operation Guduma,” was carried out on Wednesday as part of a nationwide clampdown on traffic violations and was aimed at restoring order on Nigerian highways.
Assistant Corps Marshal (Special Duties), Rebecca Aremu, who spoke during the exercise, said the operation targets illegal use of diplomatic number plates as well as dangerous loading practices by commercial drivers.
She noted that the enforcement, which commenced on Monday, is also ongoing in 10 other states, including Rivers, Delta, Anambra, Ogun, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Oyo, Enugu and Nasarawa.
Aremu said the increasing cases of overloading posed serious risks to road safety, while the use of fake diplomatic number plates also constituted a threat to national security.
“Overloading has caused untold pain for Nigerians, so we are here to address it,” she said.
“Using fake diplomatic number plates is a risk; it contravenes the national road safety regulations. It also poses a serious threat to national security,” she added.
She disclosed that a total of 89 vehicles were impounded in Plateau State alone, comprising 14 for mixloading, 61 for overloading, and 14 for number plate violations.
Earlier, the FRSC Sector Commander in Plateau State, Dr Adelaja Ogungbemi, said personnel had been fully deployed for the operation and warned that impunity on the roads would no longer be tolerated.
“We have given our marshals a marching order that it is no longer business as usual,” he said, adding that relevant motoring associations had been sensitised on the enforcement exercise.
He said the objective was to eliminate the use of fake diplomatic plates and other unsafe practices contributing to road crashes and insecurity on Nigerian highways.
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