The acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammadu Adamu has prohibited, with immediate effect, the covering of Vehicle Number Plates by all unauthorized vehicle users across the country.
Police
spokesman, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Frank Mba, on Tuesday,
said the IGP gave the order following intelligence report that the
unwholesome practice may be deployed by some unscrupulous persons to aid
the commission of electoral related offenses before, during and after
the Saturday, 9th March, 2019 Gubernatorial/House of Assembly elections.
He
said, apart from possible threats to the polls, the IGP also noted that
the covering of Vehicle Number Plate amounts to a clear breach of the
Road Traffic Act and other relevant laws of the land.
Mba further
said the act could impact negatively on national security, safety and
has the capacity to heighten criminal activities, engender an atmosphere
of lawlessness, shield perpetrators of crime and place unnecessary
pressure on security agencies in their routine crime prevention and
monitoring tasks.
He said the IGP had directed all Assistant
Inspector Generals of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) in
the Zonal and State Commands to strictly enforce the restriction order
at their various Areas of Responsibilities (AOR).
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