Covering Number Plates Attracts Jail Terms, Fine – Police Warn Motorists

The Lagos State Police Command has disclosed that it is wrong and unlawful for vehicle owners and drivers to cover their number plates.

The command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a post on his X handle stating that the act violates the National Road Traffic Regulations.

He wrote: “Covering of number plates is against the provisions of the National Road Traffic Regulations.

“When convicted, punishment ranges from fines to prison terms. Ignorance is not an excuse under the law. Above all, forewarned is forearmed!”

Sharing part of the document of the regulations alongside, it reads: “Each Identification Number Plate must be reflective and so made that any letter, numeral or other identifying mark displayed on it are legible at day time and at night in clear weather and must be visible and recognizable at a distance of not less than 60 metres by the driver of the immediate following vehicle and in the case of motorcycle at a distance of 30 metres.

“All vehicles, private and commercial, shall as from the commencement of these Regulations, have on them the Vehicle Identification Number Plates referred to in this regulation and it shall be an offence for any vehicle not to have the said Identification Number Plates.”