Following the use of government, security and escort vehicles to commit various kinds of crimes in Cross River State, the Federal Road Safety Corps has said, henceforth, all vehicles without plate number will be arrested and the driver as well as the occupant(s) prosecuted in law court of competent jurisdiction.
Disclosing this during a courtesy visit on him by the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Cross River State Council, the Sector Commander, Chidi Ebere Benjamin Nkwonta said, “Not all those that cover their plate-numbers are Government, security and escort vehicles, some of them are criminals”
“Some do that illegally, nobody has the right to cover his plate-number. People need to understand that. Even the State Security Service understands that if a vehicle is on covert operations, the worst they can do is to give it security number, not to cover the plate number.
He said it is only perhaps, the code of Arms or a Military General that has a Star that is covered when the Officer is not in the Vehicle and in case of the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Speaker when they are not in the car, the code of arms could be covered.
“All those government and escort vehicles that cover their plate numbers are illegal, we are having a running battle with them, we keep challenging them and they kept assaulting my men, sometimes, they shot at them, because they are covering their plate number, you don’t know who is a security officer and those that are not genuine.
“So I am using this opportunity to tell the general public that nobody has the right to cover plate number except the Governor or General in the Army, Commissioner of Police or anybody who is a flag officer when he is not in the vehicle, otherwise, no escort vehicle has the right to cover plate number, all they are doing is illegal.
According to the Sector Commander, he had engaged the Governor on this and Governor Ayade has directed appropriate department in the Governor’s office to ensure that nobody in government gets involve in that kind of impunity.
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