Police in Imo ban covered plate numbers, tinted glasses

Etim Ekpimah

The Imo State Police Command has banned the indiscriminate use of vehicles with covered plate numbers, unauthorised tinted glasses, revolving lights/siren, Police Spy Plate numbers and government plate numbers on personal private vehicles.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Imo State Command, SP Ikeokwu Godson Orlando, on Friday.

According to the statement, the command has also been notified of the unauthorised/illegal use of such materials as enumerated above, on some vehicles and using same as escort vehicle for the conveyance of armed security personnel, as well as government officials who uses government official plate numbers on their personal/private vehicles.

It read in parts: “Concerned with the serious security challenges it poses, and the fact that it is inimical to the efforts of the command in combating crime and criminality in the state, members of the public with such unauthorised materials on their vehicles are by this press release warned to dismantle such materials immediately.

“Such people are advised to desist from using same, as the command has concluded arrangements for a special operation aimed at contravening and prosecuting any person/persons caught violating the laws guiding the use of such materials on vehicles.”