Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, has ordered a nationwide clampdown on motorcycles and tricycles without number plates.
The clampdown will begin on 1 August.
Oyeyemi said the FRSC is planning the move as it has become difficult to identify such category of vehicles when used to commit traffic and criminal offences.
In a statement issued by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, this move because of the need to ensure the security of lives and properties of the citizens and reducing the rate of crime.
“Motorcycles and tricycles without number plate are believed not to be captured in the National Vehicle database hence, in the event of a crash or crime, cannot be traced”, Kazeem said.
Kazeem said FRSC Commanding officers nationwide have been mandated to engage the relevant stakeholders and associations to intimate them on the proposed clampdown.
“Public Education Officers have equally been directed to carry out all forms of advocacies to sensitize the riders on the need to register their motorcycles and tricycles.
“The general public has also been advised to desist from patronizing motorcycles and tricycles without number plates as they stand the risk of being abandoned in times of crash or crime”.