The Ekiti State Police Command has observed with dismay and great concern, the way and manner some vehicle owners and drivers alike engage in illegal use of official number plates, driving vehicles without plate numbers or wrong plate numbers, and also, those who use vehicles with artificial tints and unauthorized sirens and revolving lights in the State.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abutu Sunday also stated in a press release that many vehicle owners have formed the habit of covering their plate numbers for no just cause.
He stressed further that, Intelligence at the disposal of the Command also has it that criminal elements hide under these illegalities and impunity to perpetrate their own nefarious activities, not excluding innocent citizens, whose stolen vehicles could not be traced or recovered due to their negligence and refusal to have and fix plate numbers.
In view of this, the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Akinwale Kunle Adeniran, mni, having assessed the security implications, warns against unauthorized and unwholesome usage of sirens and revolving lights, plate numbers, artificial tinted glasses and vehicles without or with wrong plate numbers as well as covering of plate numbers.
The PPRO said, the Command has taken the bull by the horn, to warn those involved to desist from such acts or be made to face the full wrath of the law without exemption.
Citizens and residents of Ekiti State are therefore, implored to be law abiding and quickly report any untoward incident or happening or suspicious faces observed within their vicinity to the nearest Police Station or Call 08062335577 for immediate action.
