Register your vehicles or face clamp down, IGP warns drivers -

Worried by the insecurity challenge facing the country, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, on Thursday, gave a two weeks ultimatum to Abuja commercial drivers, to get proper form of identification for their vehicles or face clamp down.

Mr Solomon Arase Acting IGP

Arase who disclosed this when the national excos of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) visited him at the Force Headquarters, stated that, “For now, the clamp down is restricted to Abuja, and it is because Abuja is more cosmopolitan and the complaints we receive are more prevalent in Abuja and that is why we want to clamp down on Abuja quickly before it becomes a nuisance.

“In Abuja, I think we have a very serious problem, there are lots of kabu kabu drivers on the highway and you will agree with me that when we have issues of insurgency that we have in this country, it could be very dangerous. So there must be a way of attacking those vehicles that are not properly registered to avoid calamity.

He added: “‎I give the drivers the grace of two weeks, after two weeks, we will start clamping down on all vehicles that ply the highway in FCT without proper identification because we want orderliness.‎ The drivers should either use a particular colour of paint or stickers as form of identification so that our work will be easy for us.

The IGP while sympathising with the Union over the lives of members that were lost in areas hit by insurgency urged the union to also embrace security in motorparks.

The Police boss said: “Motor parks should ensure that members register and that when it is time for them to renew their papers that they are also guided on how to go about it. We will also ensure that the parks are well secured.

Responding, the President of NURTW, Alhaji Najeem Yasin assured the IGP that his members will comply with the directive.
“We can achieve it in two weeks because we have the members and they will call all other members in FCT to order.”