The Ogun State Police Command has against the usage of unregistered vehicles and motorcycles across the State.
The police in a press release issued by the command PPRO DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said the rate at which unregistered vehicles are being used to carry out heinous crimes is alarming.
The press release hinted that the most recent coincidence was the assassination of an ICT lecturer who was blocked at Itori area by gunmen using an unregistered Lexus jeep.
“In view of this, the Command hereby warns that anybody caught driving an unregistered car or motorcycle will be dealt with and the car or motorcycle will be impounded while the owner will be prosecuted.
Similarly, owners of vehicles with factory fitted tinted glasses are advised to approach the Command’s Department of operations for tinted permit certificate, while those using artificial tinted glasses are advised in their own interest to remove them forthwith or face prosecution.”
“Meanwhile, Area Commanders and DPOs throughout the States have been directed to clamp down on those plying the roads with unregistered vehicles and motorcycles, and vehicles with tinted glasses without a permit.
“As an organization saddled with the constitutional responsibility of protection of life and property, the Command will not fold its arms while criminally minded individuals’ makes life difficult for good people of the State. The Command will therefore do everything within its power and law to bring criminals to their knees, especially as we are approaching the yuletide season,” the release read
