Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Abuja, says it will crush some of the over 130 impounded substandard vehicles that failed integrity test.
The Director, Department of Road Traffic Services, DRTS, Dr. Abdulateef Bello, stated this after taking journalists round the impounded vehicles in the various offices in Abuja on Monday.
Bello said that the vehicles would be subjected to all standard verification for registration, road worthiness, and other checks, adding that those that failed short of minimum standard would be crushed.
He also said that the owners of some of the impounded vehicles would face the mobile court and pay requisite penalties in line with the provision of the law.
“Some of the impounded vehicles will be made to face the mobile court. The mobile court will decide the kind of penalty that is commensurate.
“But some will not definitely go back to the road. We are going to invite the owners and ask them to pick valuable parts from the vehicle before it gets crushed,” he said.
The director added that those arrested based on crime committed in the guise of commercial operations would be handed over to the police for prosecution.
Bello explained that a total of 130 substandard vehicles were impounded in the last two weeks.
According to him, most of the substandard vehicles were plying the city roads in the guise of commercial business, whereas many of them are running the city to perpetrate crime.
“The idea is to ensure that we return the city back to sanity; to remove all traces of insecurity and then to ensure seamless traffic flow in the capital city.
“This is an assignment that we have taken upon us in line with the vision of the current administration to guarantee zero tolerance to insecurity in the FCT.
The director said that the operations would continue until all substandard vehicles being used for criminality were removed from the city.
On the operation of “one chance,” Bello said that the DRTS operations have substantially reduced the level of criminality associated with “one chance.”
He explained that in the last one month, DRTS was working to ensure that all taxi operators conduct their businesses in the tax ranks and not on the road corridors.
Dr. Abdulateef Bello advised residents against patronising unregistered taxis and other vehicles that were not in taxi ranks.
Shakirat Sadiq
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