The Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC ) on Tuesday
said it would begin enforcement of the new drivers ’
licence and number plate on 1 August.

The Lagos State Sector Commander, Chidi Nkwonta , told
NAN that the decision followed the new court judgment .
“ This new judgment made it very clear that as from Aug.
1 , FRSC should impound.

“ So, Nigerians must discountenance that first misleading
judgment and take this one because we are going to
continue enforcement as from 1 August 2014.

“ We never asked anybody to stop ( processing licences ) .
Anybody who stopped ab initio stopped at his own peril .
Neither did the court ask anybody to stop , that judgment
never said anybody should

“ So anybody who did so did it at his own risk and the
deadline was supposed to be 30 June . Now we have
extended it to 1 August, because we needed to go on
appeal on the other matter .

“ But right now , there is another judgment which says we
can go on . So , while we are still waiting for the appeal we
are going to go on with this other judgment . ”
NAN reports that Justice Peter Umeadi of a Federal High
Court in Anambra on 30 June , had ruled in a suit filed by
Chief Ajefo Ekwo challenging FRSC ’ s powers to enforce
new drivers’ licence and number plate .

Umeadi said that the respondent’ s directive to change old
drivers ’ licence and number plates to new was legal , valid ,
subsisting and in conformity with the FRSC ’ s 2007 Act
and the National Road Traffic Regulations of 2012 .

Nkwonta , however , said that the recent judgment had put
aside the earlier judgment of the Lagos High Court ruling
that the corps had no authority to produce and fix deadline
for the documents .

The FRSC commander said that the earlier judgment was
given in error and the commission would stand by the new
judgment while appealing against the earlier judgment .
He said that the command had not failed to process the
vehicle documents for new applicants that patronised the
commission after the initial judgment .

Nkwonta said that all the registration centres and 18
additional work stations in all parts of Lagos were
functional and the network was effective .
He said that the commission had improved in the
processes as well as working at weekends to make it
easy for applicants .

NAN recalled that Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High
Court in Lagos on March 26 declared that the FRSC had
no legal authority to impose new number plates on
motorists in the country .

The judge also held that “ the ongoing exercise by the
FRSC to replace the old number plate with a new one is
illegal and unconstitutional because there is no law
empowering it to carry out the exercise . ”
Justice Tsoho delivered the judgment in a suit filed by a
Lagos- based lawyer , Emmanuel Ofoegbu, against the
FRSC .

In the suit , Ofoegbu had challenged the power of the
commission to impound vehicles of motorists who failed
to acquire the new number plates .
The plaintiff argued that there was no law validly made in
accordance with the constitution prohibiting the use of the
old number plates .

Meanwhile , Justice Umeadi declared that FRSC has power
to impound any vehicle which fails to register for a new
number plate and arrest any motorist who fails to obtain
the new drivers’ licence

He said that such offender should be prosecuted
according to law as from 1 August .

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/07/23/frsc-to-enforce-new-drivers-licence-number-plate-aug-1/

What next?

Now i am confused is it on or not?

What it means is that, FRSC, Police, Lasma , VIO and so on will arrest any one with old plate number.

If FRSC is going to obey this latest "judgement" giving when judiciary is on strike, because it favours FRSC, Nigerians shall obey the earlier judgment.
since the new Judgment was given in error and the Nigerians would stand by the old judgment while appealing against the New judgment.

Have you registered your car? August 1st is very close. Don't allow these officials harass you