FCT CP orders clampdown on vehicles with no number plates
Fatai Kasali
The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, Benneth Igweh, has directed a clampdown on vehicles without number plates or with a single number plate plying FCT roads.
This was contained in a statement issued while meeting with members of the Management Team, leaders of all tactical units, and Heads of Departments of the FCT Police Command comprising Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers on Saturday.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, broke the news of the latest development in a statement on Sunday.
He also tasked the heads of the tactical units to identify black spots and possible kidnappers’ dens in the territory and ensure they took the fight to them.
According to the Police Public Relation Officer, “The Commissioner of Police FCT, Benneth Igweh, met with the Management Team, leaders of all tactical units and Heads of Departments of the FCT Police Command comprising Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers on Saturday.”
The meeting, which became necessary, is targeted at revamping the approach of the already existing security framework and to set in motion the plan to ensure the safety of residents in the Federal Capital Territory.
The CP, while addressing the officers, urged them to embrace intelligence-led policing and visibility policing through constant stop-and-search duty in the fight against criminality.
He emphasised the need to adopt effective community partnerships in the discharge of their duties, as he will have zero tolerance for laxity.
He also tasked the heads of the tactical units to identify black spots and possible kidnappers’ dens in the Territory and ensure they took the fight to them.
He ordered a total clampdown of vehicles without number plates or with a single number plate plying the FCT roads.
CP Benneth Igweh recapitulated his readiness to tackle criminality in the Territory, as he urged the residents to collaborate with the Police in the fight against crime and to avoid boarding vehicles along the road and unapproved parks
He called on the residents to report suspicious activities through the following emergency lines; 08032003913, 08061581938, 07057337653, and 08028940883; PCB: 09022222352.
