IGP Orders Nationwide Enforcement Against Unregistered And Concealed Vehicle Number Plates

Nigeria Police ban use of vehicles without registration plates, vehicles with concealed registration numbers.

IGP said the use of such vehicles poses a serious threat to public safety and national security.

Orders impoundment of any vehicle found without number plates or with concealed or tampered registration numbers. 

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Olatunji Disu, has directed all Commissioners of Police, Tactical Commanders, and Heads of Formations nationwide to intensify enforcement against vehicles operating without registration number plates, as well as those with concealed, altered or obscured registration numbers.

While announcing the directive in Abuja on Tuesday during a strategic conference meeting with senior police officers, the IGP said the use of such vehicles poses a serious threat to public safety and national security.

He said : “Across several parts of the country, we have observed an increasing number of vehicles being driven without registration number plates, as well as vehicles whose number plates are deliberately concealed, defaced, covered, or altered in an attempt to evade identification.”

The Police chief noted that criminals often exploit anonymous vehicles to commit crimes and evade detection. He further declared that every vehicle on the Nigerian roads must be properly registered and must display its approved registration number plates in accordance with the law.

“Any vehicle found without number plates or with deliberately obscured, concealed, or tampered registration numbers will be stopped, impounded, and subjected to the appropriate legal processes.”

The Inspector-General of Police urged all vehicle owners to ensure compliance with registration requirements and warned that there would be no preferential treatment in the enforcement of the directive.

“There shall be no preferential treatment or selective enforcement. The law must apply equally to all, and anyone who chooses to disregard this directive will face the full consequences of the law.”

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