Ondo State Government said it would confiscate all unregistered motorcycles and tricycles operating in Ore and other parts of Odigbo Local Government area of the state.

It also added that operators of such unregistered motorcycles and tricycles, either commercial or private, would be arrested and prosecuted, as government would not allow any operator without identity to operate any longer.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Special Duties and Strategies, Dr. Doyin Adebowale, made government’s position known while briefing Government House correspondents in Akure, the Ondo state capital, on the ongoing registration exercise of motorcycles and tricycles operators in Odigbo council area.

He noted that the essence of the registration exercise was to ensure the security of lives and property of the people of the state and identify those sneaking into the state without proper identification. He affirmed that the exercise has been assisting the security agencies to arrest criminals in the state.

According to him, the ongoing exercise which started in 2017 has successfully covered five out of the 18 Local Government Areas of the state including; Akure South, Owo, Idanre, Ondo West and Akoko North-East.

Adebowale revealed that the registration commenced last week in Odigbo council area, but some hoodlums in their desperate bid to stall the exercise in Ore, attacked officials of the taskforce.

He, however, insisted that the taskforce team would not be discouraged by the antics of those who wanted to sabotage government’s efforts aimed at securing the lives and property of the citizenry in any part of the state, hence the team would continue with their good work in Odigbo council area.

“We will continue and ensure the exercise is seamless. But we want to say categorically that the governor has directed that any motorcycle or tricycle, either commercial or private, without number plate in Odigbo local government area should be confiscated and whoever is found with the motorcycle should be arrested and prosecuted. This is going to happen immediately, he said.

Adebowale further said the taskforce would also ensure total compliance with the extant law on registration of any vehicle moving on the road to further strengthen the security architecture across the state, just as he urged the security agencies to ensure total compliance with the directive of the governor in every nook and cranny of the state.

The senior special assistant also warned those who may want to duplicate the jacket in their domains to desist from the criminal act saying government did not permit anybody to do so.

Source:https://www.thehopenewspaper.com/security-govt-to-impound-unregistered-motorcycles-tricycles-in-odigbo/