The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a nationwide special operation to eliminate fake number plates, particularly those linked to respected institutions such as the presidency, Nigerian Youth Council (NYC), and the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
Lagos State FRSC Sector Commander, Kehinde Hamzat, disclosed this development during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, February 7, 2025.
Hamzat highlighted that criminals are increasingly using fraudulent number plates with institutional tags to evade scrutiny from law enforcement agencies.
“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 law enforcement agents probably 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,” he said.
He added that most number plates with the presidency tag are not registered in Nigeria’s official vehicle registration database.
