Posted by As part of its ongoing efforts to make Abuja city safe and clean, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) seized 69 vehicles for various offenses on Monday.
The FCT joint Security Task Force seized the automobiles in various parts of Abuja, the nation’s capital.
Mr. Abdulatef Bello, Director of the Federal Capital Territory’s (FCT) Road Traffic Service (DRTS), said the seizures were part of ongoing efforts to rid the city of unauthorized commercial vehicle operators.
He claims this will increase safety for Abuja residents and their possessions.
Incorrect parking, driving a rickety car, failing to display a valid license plate, and other suspicions of belonging to “one chance operators” were among the reasons cited by Bello for impounding the automobiles.
He promised that the FCT Administration would keep working to rid the city of any and all annoyances.
He also said that the FCT Mobile Court would be convening at the DRTS to prosecute the vehicle owners.
The director stated that three of the car owners would be turned over to the authorities for prosecution because they were thought to be using their vehicles for illegal purposes.
He said that the city’s inefficient public transportation was to blame for the high incidence of fatalities among one-shot operators.
The Secretary, Command and Control Unit, FCTA, Mr. Peter Olumuji, showed off a sharp object taken from a suspected one-chance operator and claimed the government was doing everything in its power to stop the epidemic.
While efforts are being made to address the city’s transportation shortage, Olumuji urged drivers to use only cabs with painted taxi cab numbers.
Director of the FCTA’s Department of Development Control Mukhtar Galadima agreed that lack of discipline was to blame for the city’s high crime rate.
Galadima promised that the FCTA would keep spreading the word that taxi riders needed to be particularly cautious to avoid being the victims of “one-chance” drivers.
In particular, he warned locals not to ride in cabs that weren’t properly marked. (NAN)