The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it had begun impounding unregistered motorcycles in a bid to check insecurity.
The Acting Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, had directed the 37 sector commanders to begin, “with immediate effect, full force enforcement on any motorcycle seen without appropriate registration”.
Corps Public Education Officer Bisi Kazeem revealed this in a statement in Abuja.
Kazeem, an Assistant Corps Marshal, said the FRSC was concerned about the increasing number of unregistered motorcycles plying the roads and the need to ensure that all two-wheel vehicles are captured in the National Vehicle Identification Scheme database.
The FRSC spokesman explained that the directive followed the “imminent need” to comply with Federal Government’s order on clamping down on unregistered motorcycles.
“The order was necessitated by the state of insecurity and the need to curb it by bringing to a halt the continuous operations of these categories of vehicles without registration on our roads,” Kazeem said.
He also said the Acting Corps Marshal charged the sector commanders to immediately liaise with the Boards of Internal Revenue in their respective states, and set up a task force in conjunction with the police and other security agencies where necessary, including Vehicle Inspection Office and other stakeholders for effective enforcement.
