The Plateau State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has impounded 89 vehicles for using fake diplomatic number plates, as well as for overloading and mixloading, during a strategic intervention patrol tagged Operation Guduma on Wednesday in Jos.
Speaking, Mrs Rebecca Aremu, the Assistant Corps Marshal on Special Duties at the FRSC Headquarters, said the operation aimed at tackling illegal and fake diplomatic number plates, mixloading, and overloading in the state. She explained that the operation, which commenced on Monday, is currently being enforced in ten other states, including Rivers, Delta, Anambra, Ogun, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Oyo, Enugu, and Nasarawa.
Aremu decried the rise in overloading by commercial drivers and added that fake and illegal diplomatic number plates contravene the National Road Traffic Regulations. Aremu particularly said that the special operation aims at achieving sanity and ensuring safety on highways, stating that overloading has caused untold pain for Nigerians.
According to the breakdown, the command impounded 14 vehicles for mixloading, 61 for overloading, and 14 for number plate violations in Plateau State. The total number of vehicles impounded stands at 89.
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