The Security Task Force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration says it has impounded 69 commercial vehicles for a range of offences, such as wrongful parking, rickety vehicles and the failure to use number plates.
The FCTA said the action was in continuation of its efforts to rid the city of illegal operators of commercial vehicles and to improve the security of lives and property of residents of Abuja.
The Director of the FCTA Directorate of Road Traffic Services, Abdulateef Bello, who addressed journalists during the exercise, emphasised that the administration would not relent in its efforts to clear out nuisances from the city and that owners of the 69 impounded vehicles will be prosecuted by the FCT Mobile Court, sitting in the premises of the DRTS.
He disclosed that three of the commercial vehicle operators, who were alleged to be members of the “one-chance” syndicate were arrested during the exercise and would be handed over to the police for prosecution.
The Director of the FCT Department of Development Control, Mukhtar Galadima, described indiscipline as a major contributor to the increased rate of the “one-chance” operations in the city, adding that the administration would continue to make use of the 40 taxi ranks provided by the FCTA in the city centre.
