The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has finally banned the use of swap number plates while condemning the new trend which is taking place in Nigeria.
FRSC Assistant Corps Marshal, Bisi Kazeem had made this announcement in a statement which he had released on Wednesday where he reiterated that the use of rotational number plates is considered a criminal act as it is illegal.
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Kazeem had also stated that the ban had come up after the commission was drawn to a video which was circulating on social media which displayed a vehicle with double number plates.
ALERT: The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the ban on rotational number plate, following the circulation of a video of a vehicle that displayed rotating number plates with different detail on either side of the plates.
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“The vehicle number plates on display are: KUJ-304BV, while the other side which was automatically flipped carries a number tagged presidency with the following details, 01B-266FG,” Kazeem said
He disclosed that a full investigation has been ordered by the acting corps marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, as the commission does not produce a number plate with double features.
“Only one number can be assigned to one vehicle and its owner at the same time. FRSC is using this medium to warn Nigerians from replicating same as it is considered a criminal act which has its place in law.”
Kazeem had also added that users of vehicles with unauthorised number plates are not duly registered and are often with sinister motives.
In another report, the Acting Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr. Dauda Biu on Monday vowed to henceforth start prosecuting underage drivers not only in Sokoto State but in all parts of the country.
Biu made this known at Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto on Monday when he paid a visit to Fatima Suleiman, a 16-year-old student who was hit by another 18-year-old student in the state while celebrating his graduation from secondary school.
Represented by the Zonal commander in Sokoto, Kabiru Nadama, the acting Corps Marshall warned that henceforth any underage drivers caught within the state will be arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the law.
