The Nigeria Police, Yobe State Command has completely banned the use of tinted glasses and vehicles with covered number plates in Yobe State, a move taken to prevent perpetration of crime in the State.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim had also disclosed this in a statement which was issued on Monday in Damaturu.
Read Also: Machina Lands In Court Over Tussle For Yobe North Senate Seat
According to the intelligence gathered, some individuals with dubious characters and shady criminal intentions usually hide behind tinted glasses to perpetrate crime, thereby concealing their identity from security operatives and good members of the public.
“Similarly, some motorists are in the habit of covering their Vehicle Number Plates or removing it completely which makes it difficult to trace their identity in the event of accident, traffic violation or further information required by police in curtailing crime.
“It is, therefore, pertinent to note that such acts are against traffic regulations and breach of public safety”, DSP Abdulkarim stated in the statement.
Consequently, the Command through the PPRO warned the motoring public that punitive measures would be taken against violators, while also warning vendors who procure and fix tint materials to motorists to desist from such prohibitive acts.
“The command, therefore gives [fourteen] 14 days ultimatum for users without license to remove same or face the wrath of the law”, it warned.
It said motorists who were in the habit of covering their number plates or driving around in vehicles without number plates were liable to be arrested and charged to court accordingly.
The Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his daughter, Khadija, in an auto crash.
Africa Daily News, New York had reported that the accident, which had occurred along the Maiduguri-Kano highway on Saturday, June 11, also claimed the life of Gubana’s seven-year-old son, Mai Mala Buni Junior, on the spot.
According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Hussaini Mai Suleh, Khadija who was fondly called Siyama was buried at the Damagum cemetery, Damagum town, Fune Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.
The statement reads in part, ‘The funeral prayer for the late Khadija (Siyama) the daughter of the state Deputy Governor, His Excellency Hon. Idi Barde Gubana (Wazirin Fune), was held today at the Palace of Mai Fune in Damagum, led by the chief Iman Yobe mosque and Islamic Center Damaturu, Ustas Hudu Mohammad Yusuf, after which the body was laid to rest at Damagum cemetery.
