The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Akinwale Kunle ADENIRAN, has warned owners of unregistered vehicles and motorcycles to stay off the roads or be prosecuted
The CP also ordered a thorough investigations and prosecution of over twenty (20) motorcycle riders arrested for riding their motorcycles without plate numbers or valid documents.
A statement by police Public Relations ,Sunday Abutu said the command had discovered that discovered that hoodlums now use unregistered vehicle and motorcycles to commit crimes in the state.
The CP explained that the clampdown on Vehicles/Motorcycles without plate numbers as well as vehicles with tinted glasses and unauthorized covered plate numbers became necessary as they do not only contravene the Road Traffic Acts but has also been discovered to have been used by hoodlums to attack and rob innocent citizens in recent times.
The Commissioner, while calling on everyone to be law abiding, implores citizens to get their vehicles/motorcycles registered properly, fix their plate numbers and have all necessary documents handy before plying the roads or risk being arrested and prosecution