- Following explicit orders from Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu, the Nigeria Police Force has launched a synchronized enforcement operation targeting vehicles with covered, missing, defaced, or altered number plates.
- Commands in Kogi, Delta, and Rivers states have aggressively deployed personnel, warning that violating vehicles will be immediately impounded and subjected to rigorous criminal investigations.
- In Rivers State, several offending motorists have already been arrested and arraigned before a newly activated mobile court setup at the Mile 1 Divisional Police Headquarters in Port Harcourt.
The Nigeria Police Force has initiated a massive, coordinated security clampdown across the federation to eliminate the illegal use of obscured, covered, defaced, or entirely unregistered vehicle identification plates.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the strategic operation is a direct response to a high-level security directive issued by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, aimed at choking off the logistical capabilities of criminal syndicates.
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Top police brass have noted that untraceable automobiles are frequently utilized as key tools by criminal actors to perpetrate high-profile offenses and effortlessly evade detection by law enforcement radar.
In Kogi State, the Commissioner of Police, Naziru Kankarofi, has directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), and field traffic personnel to enforce total compliance across the state’s transport networks.
Confirming the development in a public statement, the command’s spokesperson, ASP Afusat Oyiza, warned that any vehicle intercepted with unauthorized or missing registration items will be impounded immediately.
She urged motorists, fleet owners, and commercial transport operators to immediately regularize their documentation and ensure that approved registration numbers remain clearly visible to traffic surveillance teams at all times.
A similar hardline stance has been adopted by the Delta State Police Command, where Commissioner of Police Olufemi Oyeniyi ordered an immediate sweep of the state’s highways.
Delta Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, highlighted the severe national security threat posed by tampered registration plates, stating that such vehicles are purposefully manipulated by malicious actors to prevent successful tracing during active criminal investigations.
Motorists in Delta State have been strongly advised to dismantle any illegal covers, stickers, or stylized frames designed to obstruct the visibility of state-issued plates or face immediate legal prosecution.
Meanwhile, Rivers State witnessed direct field execution as Commissioner of Police Olugbenga Adepoju personally led enforcement sweeps along key structural choke points in Port Harcourt, including the GRA Junction and Ikwerre Road.
The Rivers command immediately processed multiple offenders through a designated mobile court operating at the Mile 1 Divisional Headquarters.
While cautioning his officers against extorting the public during the exercise, Adepoju clarified that the ongoing nocturnal restriction on motorcycles and tricycles between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. remains strictly active to curb “one-chance” robbery syndicates, though conventional minibuses (Keke buses) are permitted to operate under close surveillance.
