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The Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps has impounded 89 vehicles for using fake diplomatic number plates, overloading and mix-loading during a special operation on Wednesday.
The Strategic Intervention Patrol, codenamed “Operation Guduma,” was conducted in Jos, according to a statement from the command.
Speaking at the operation, Rebecca Aremu, Assistant Corps Marshal on Special Duties at FRSC Headquarters, said the operation aimed at tackling illegal and fake diplomatic number plates, mix-loading and overloading in the state.
“Overloading has caused untold pain for Nigerians, so we are here to address it,” Aremu 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.”
Aremu explained that the operation, which commenced on Monday, is currently being enforced in 10 other states across the federation.
She named the states: Rivers, Delta, Anambra, Ogun, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Oyo, Enugu, and Nasarawa.
She decried the rise in overloading by commercial drivers and added that fake and illegal diplomatic number plates contravene the National Road Traffic Regulation.
“So far, we have impounded 89 vehicles: 14 for mix-loading, 61 for overloading and 14 for number plate violation in Plateau,” Aremu said.
She said the special operation aimed to restore sanity and ensure safety on highways.
Adelaja Ogungbemi, the Sector Commander in Plateau, had earlier stated that command personnel and officers had been sent for the special operation.
“We have given our marshals a marching order, that it is no business as usual; we have also sent out signals to the motoring bodies in the state,” Ogungbemi said.
“We want to stop the use of fake diplomatic number plates and other unwholesome practices by motorists on highways,” he added.
