Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, has directed Commissioners of Police and tactical commanders across the country to intensify enforcement operations against vehicles operating without registration numbers or with concealed number plates.
The directive was issued on Tuesday during a strategic conference meeting with senior police officers.
The IGP expressed concern over what he described as the growing and disturbing trend of motorists driving vehicles without number plates or deliberately concealing, altering, or defacing their registration numbers to evade identification.
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According to him, the practice poses serious threats to public safety and national security and will no longer be tolerated by the Nigeria Police Force.
“Across our country, we have an increasing number of vehicles being driven without registration numbers as well as vehicles whose number plates are deliberately concealed, defaced, covered, or altered in an attempt to evade identification,” Disu said.
He described the trend as unlawful, irresponsible, and unacceptable, stressing that every vehicle operating on Nigerian roads must be properly registered and display approved registration numbers in line with existing laws.
The police chief warned that any vehicle found without a number plate or with a tampered registration number would be stopped and subjected to the appropriate legal process.
Disu further directed all Commissioners of Police, tactical commanders, and heads of police formations nationwide to immediately step up enforcement efforts against unregistered vehicles and those with concealed registration numbers.