FRSC takes step to enhance National Security

In line with the present administration’s proactive approach to enhancing national security, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC Mallam Shehu Mohammed has directed the immediate clampdown on proliferation of fake Diplomatic and other unauthorized number plates on vehicles plying Nigerian roads.

These identified number plates are fraudulently produced by suspected criminals as they were neither produced by any of the production plants of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the country nor issued by the Motor Licensing Authorities of States.

Speaking in Abuja, The FRSC Corps Marshal identified fake and unauthorized number plates with such inscriptions like :

DIPLOMATIC NUMBER PLATES
NYCN
PEACE AMBASSADOR
NAUS
CYMS
UN-UNITY 01
UN-AMB
NANS

He therefore approved immediate commencement of tactical enforcement across all formations of the Corps to ensure speedy arrest and impoundment of all vehicles on Nigerian roads with the identified fake number plates

According to him, the unauthorized number plates are mostly used for nefarious and criminal activities.

He however appealed to the members of the public to report anyone using such number plates to law enforcement bodies while those using such vehicle identifications to immediately discontinue as defaulters will be prosecuted.

Mallam Shehu Mohammed warned that the Corps will collaborate with other Security agencies to uncover the sources of the fake number plates for necessary apprehension and prosecution.