20th March, 2024
By Yahaya Isah
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) in the FCT says its Special Task Team impounded 1,408 motor vehicles, 3,712 commercial motorcycles and 1,112 tricycles between January and December 2023 in the territory.
This is contained in the DRTS statistics made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja by its Head of Public Relations and Enlightenment, Mr Kalu Emetu.
According to the statistics, the 3,712 commercial motorcycles impounded have been crushed while some of the vehicles were released to their owners after payment of fines and effecting necessary repairs.
He said that the directorate generated more than N127.541 million in 2023 from fines paid into government coffers by owners of the impounded vehicles and tricycles.
Emetu explained that motor vehicles impounded that were no longer road-worthy were usually unbundled into scrap and handed over to their owners, to prevent them from being put back on the road.
He explained that the destruction of motorcycles and vehicles was in line with the FCT regulation on the ban on commercial motorcycles and unworthy vehicles within the city.
The spokesman added that by law, all the motorcycles impounded for violating traffic rules were automatically forfeited to the government.