The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has called on the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS have been urged to reconsider its stand and withdraw the reported threats to the Corps.
In a statement signed by the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Olusegun Ogungbemide,
the Special Operations which is a fallout from the increasing abuse of the Nigerian number plates by organizations and faceless individuals who desire to drag the nation back to the old days of indiscriminate, unregistered, and irregular use of number plates.
This he said, undermines the gains of enhanced security uniformity, data storage, and retrieval under the National Uniform Licensing Scheme (NULS).
According to the statement, ” Commanding Officers nationwide have been directed not to succumb to any intimidation or threats by individuals or organizations in the guise of promoting acts likely to compromise the objects of the National Vehicle Identification Scheme and national Security while carrying out their statutory responsibilities of keeping the nation highways safe and secure for all road users “.
In addition, the Special Operations were necessitated by reports of forgery and duplication of number plates by some reputable Nigerians and organizations hence if immediate remedial actions are not taken, Nigeria’sa security could be compromised knowing that the majority of crimes are vehicles-related.
FRSC management expressed dismay that, Nigerian students who ought to be at the forefront of a law-abiding nation would resort to issuing such threats to FRSC, an organization committed to bringing sanity and regularity to the vehicle registration system.
The statement says, the duty of the Corps also involves the resolution of vehicle-related crimes and the enhancement of National security, which is pivotal to proper vehicle identification and resolution to the insanity and chaos that characterized the number plates system in the past.
It advised the Leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANs, to toe the path of peace by seeking more information and understanding of the ongoing operations.