Most number plates used for crimes are labelled presidency, NANS — FRSC boss
The Lagos State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kehinde Hamzat, has raised concerns about the rising use of fake number plates bearing labels such as the Presidency, Nigerian Youth Council (NYC), and National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) for criminal activities.
Hamzat disclosed this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
He stated that say the abuse of these number plates is becoming a serious security threat.
According to him, criminals use fake plates bearing these tags to avoid police checks and commit crimes without being easily traced.
“We think that most of these number plates are labelled presidency, NYC, NANS and some others, knowing fully well that these are established institutions that probably law enforcement agents wouldn’t want to disturb.
“We now discover that they use all these things to perpetuate evils, and it’s becoming a security threat to the country,” Hamzat explained.
He disclosed that most of these plates are not registered in the national vehicle database.
