The Federal Road Safety Corps has cautioned members of the public against patronising unauthorised vendors when processing and obtaining their vehicle number plates.
The Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, gave the admonition in a statement issued by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, on Friday in Abuja.
Oyeyemi said that it was in pursuant to the primary role played by the FRSC in advancing national security through rigorous intelligence gathering linked to its National Vehicle Identification Scheme among others.
“The special operation has so far revealed that a number of the motoring public are completely ignorant of the implications of using unauthorised number plates.
“Hence their continuous patronage of touts for their vehicle registration and identification processes,” he said.
Oyeyemi explained that the FRSC as a custodian of critical national intelligence infrastructure had overtime admonished the public to always go through appropriate authorities when obtaining their vehicle number plates.
