Rivers: Police begin clampdown on vehicles with illegal number plates

The Rivers State Police Command says it volition statesman enforcing regulations against vehicles with covered, obscured, defaced, unauthorized oregon missing registration fig plates crossed the authorities arsenic portion of efforts to amended information and nationalist safety.

The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, disclosed this successful a connection issued on Monday, explaining that the workout follows a directive from the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu.

She said the inaugural is intended to curb transgression activities by preventing individuals from concealing their identities done improperly displayed fig plates.

The enforcement operation, which takes effect from June 15, 2026, volition beryllium coordinated by the Rivers State Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga A. Adepoju.

As portion of the exercise, each Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers person been directed to “commence contiguous enforcement of the directive and guarantee afloat compliance wrong their respective Areas of Responsibility.”

The Command warned that vehicles recovered successful usurpation of the directive volition beryllium impounded, portion offenders hazard prosecution nether existing laws.

Motorists were besides advised to “ensure that their registration fig plates are decently affixed, intelligibly disposable and escaped from immoderate signifier of obstruction oregon alteration successful bid to debar arrest,...