Security: Abia govt orders registration of private, commercial motorcycles within state

The Abia State authorities has ordered that each backstage and commercialized motorcycles operating successful the authorities beryllium registered with unsocial numbers.

It besides directed that each motorcycles confiscated aft the caller prohibition successful Umuahia, Aba and Ohafia metropolises, wage a good of N50,000 each to the State government, wrong 30 days from the time the bikes were impounded.

The State’s Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu disclosed this connected Tuesday successful Umuahia portion briefing Journalists connected the result of this week’s enforcement assembly gathering presided by Governor Alex Otti.

According to the Commissioner, immoderate impounded motorcycle not retrieved by its proprietor aft 30 days would beryllium forfeited to the Abia State government.

He disclosed that each motorcycle operators successful approved areas of the authorities indispensable person unsocial registration numbers and reflective vests representing the section governments they ply.

Kanu explained that the prohibition connected Okada was not taken to enforce economical hardship connected mediocre citizens but applied successful the overriding interests of Abia people.

The Commissioner made it wide that determination was nary going backmost connected the prohibition imposed connected commercialized motorcycle activities successful Umuahia, Aba and Ohafia metropolises.

Meanwhile, the Special Adviser to Abia State Governor connected Media ...