The Inspector-General of Police, IGP MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, has observed with grave concern, the alarming abuse and unlawful use of tinted glasses and the plying on our highways of unregistered/unlicensed vehicles by some vehicle owners across the country, despite repeated warnings by the Police authority. This unbecoming attitude has the capacity, not only to heighten criminal activities, but to place unnecessary pressure on security agencies and law abiding citizens.
In view of the potential danger posed by the indiscriminate
use of tinted glasses and unregistered/unlicensed vehicles, corroborated by
recent security reports that criminal elements, including suspected terrorists,
now hide under the cover of the use of the aforementioned types of vehicles,
tricycles and motorcycles to execute their nefarious trade, the IGP wishes to
remind Nigerians from all walks of life, including politicians, military and
security personnel, that the ban on unlawful and indiscriminate use of tinted
glasses and legislations forbidding the plying of unregistered vehicles on our
highways, are still very much in force.
The IGP, in the light of several negative security
implications associated with this unrestrained infringement on relevant laws on
the use of tinted glasses and unregistered/unlicensed vehicles, has directed
all Zonal AIGs and State Command Commissioners of Police to arrest and bring to
book, in line with extant laws, all defaulters. He wishes to clearly state that
the Nigeria Police Force will no longer tolerate the habit of few misguided
Nigerians who wantonly abuse the use of tinted glasses and
unregistered/unlicensed vehicles, thereby complicating the challenge of
effectively policing the country and equally endangering the lives and property
of law abiding citizens.
It is the strong advice of the IGP that all persons having
vehicles still unlawfully fitted with tinted glasses, to remove them
immediately. Similarly, owners of unregistered/unlicensed vehicles are
advised to immediately register them and obtain appropriate licenses or
withdraw them forthwith from public roads; as police Officers nationwide have
been directed to commence a massive operation aimed at enforcing all existing
laws bordering on tinted glasses and the use of unregistered/unlicensed
vehicles.
The IGP wishes to reassure the public that the Nigeria
Police is committed to its constitutional and lawful responsibilities of
providing security for the citizenry. Citizens are however, reminded of their
civic obligation of obeying all laws of the State. They are further advised to
act and conduct themselves within the ambit of the law and to continue to
support and assist the Police and other security agencies in their efforts to
safeguard the country.
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