The Acting Corps Marshal of the Federation, Dauda Biu, has issued strong directives to the 37 Sector Commanders to ensure that all two wheel vehicles plying Nigerian roads are captured in the National Vehicle Identification Scheme database with immediate effect.
In a statement signed by Bisi Kazeem, Assistant Corps Marshal, Public Education Officer, made available to the National Association of Online Security Reporters (NAOSRE), Biu also directed the Marshals to impound any motorcycle seen without appropriate registration.
According to the statement, the directive came following the risk posed by increasing number of unregistered motorcycles plying Nigerian roads and the urgent need to comply with Federal Government’s order on clamping down on these horde of unregistered motorcycles.
“The order was necessitated by the state of insecurity and the need to curb it by bringing to a halt the continuous operations of these categories of vehicles without registration on our roads.”
While laying particular emphasis on the security implications of not capturing all motorcycles in the national database, the Acting Corps Marshal charged the Sector Commanders to immediately liaise with the Boards of Internal Revenue in their respective state and…
Set up a Taskforce in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies where necessary, including Vehicle Inspection Office and other stakeholders for effective enforcement.
“The unregistered motorcycles are to be impounded while the owners are mandated to commence and complete full registration of the motorcycles before they are released.” The statement read,
According to the Acting Corps Marshal, operatives may not need to issue notice of offence ticket to the operators as the operation is aimed at getting unregistered motorcycles registered and documented in the national database.
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