Tunji Disu, inspector-general of police, has ordered commissioners of police (CPs) and tactical commanders to immediately intensify enforcement operations against vehicles without number plates.
Disu spoke on Tuesday during a strategic conference meeting with senior police officers.
The IGP said there is a “growing and disturbing trend” of some persons driving vehicles without or concealed number plates on roads across Nigeria.
Disu said the trend of driving vehicles without number plates is “unlawful, irresponsible, and unacceptable”.
The IGP said the police will no longer tolerate the impunity, adding that the situation has “serious implications for public safety and national security”.
“Across our country, we have an increasing number of vehicles being driven without registration numbers as well as vehicles whose number plates are deliberately concealed, defaced, covered, or altered in an attempt to evade identification,” he said.
“This practice is unlawful, irresponsible, and unacceptable. I wish to evoke unequivocally from today, the Nigeria Police Force no longer tolerates impunity.
“Every vehicle operating on our roads must be properly registered and must display its approved registration number in accordance with the law.
“Any vehicle found without number or tempered registration number will be stopped and subjected to appropriate legal process.
“All commissioners of police, tactical commanders, head of formations, are directed to immediately intensify enforcement operations against unregistered vehicles and vehicles with concealed registration number.”