By Suleiman Anyalewechi
A sitting Deputy Local Government Chairman, and some prominent persons ,were among several third party insurance defaulters ,whose vehicles were on Saturday February 1,2025 impounded, by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command.
This is even as it vowed that the enforcement exercise will not be paused until vehicle users in the State fully comply with the directives on the acquisition of a Third Party Insurance.
The Source reports that the State Police Command, penultimate week, in a statement issued by their spokesperson, Timfon John, DSP, expressed readiness to enforce the rules mandating motorists to obtain third party insurance certificates for their vehicles in line with the Inspector General of Police’s directives.
IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, had informed that the police will commence a nationwide enforcement of the third party insurance policy as from February 1, 2025.
The police said the policy will assist in the efforts to enhance security, and protect lives on the Country’s roads.
In an interactive session with the media after leading top ranking officers of the Command on an enforcement drive, the Commissioner of Police, Baba Mohammed Azare, expressed happiness over the high level of compliance by vehicle owners.
He attributed the appreciable level of compliance to the massive awareness campaigns carried out by the Command, pre-enforcement .
CP Azare noted that some vehicles were impounded due to the inability of owners to present the necessary documents.
He stated that the impounded vehicles will not be released until their owners show proof of acquisition of the third party insurance certificate.
This is just as he warned that defaulters will face prosecution in the event of failure to comply within a reasonable period of time.
On the impounding of vehicles belonging to a Local Council Deputy Chairman and other highly placed individuals, CP Azare insisted that “the law is no respecter of anyone”
He used the opportunity to once more urge motorists to obtain the third party insurance certificates or take their vehicles off Akwa Ibom roads.
“The third party insurance is the requirement of the law. You must have all your documents to ply Nigerian roads.
“So we are enforcing the law. Ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law”, Azare emphasized.
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