Ogun police warns politicians against covering plate numbers with their political party stickers

As the 2023 elections draw nearer, the Ogun state Police Command has issued a warning to politicians who have formed the habit of covering their vehicles’ number plates with the stickers of their various political parties thereby making it difficult for security agents to identify the registration number of such vehicles.

In a statement released by its spokesperson, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command says this practice is inconsistent with the best practices all over the world, and it’s not going to be tolerated here in Ogun state. 

”Every vehicle needs to be identified with its number plate, and for anybody to cover such number plates means that the person is having a criminal intention. 

The command is hereby using this medium to warn those involved in this practice to desist from it henceforth, as standing order has been given to Area commanders and DPOs to clamp down on such violators.’

There is nowhere in the road traffic act, where the sticker of political party or any other sticker is allowed to be used in place of number plates. Therefore, anybody caught in such act will be dealt with in accordance with the law.

To be warned is to be armed.” the statement in part reads