{"id":1131,"date":"2011-03-22T10:16:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T10:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.image-reg.com\/blog\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2011-03-22T10:16:10","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T10:16:10","slug":"diplomatic-plates-for-car-registrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/diplomatic-plates-for-car-registrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Diplomatic Plates For Car Registrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.org\/counter192.js'><\/script>AHEAD of the forthcoming general election, politicians now use police  and diplomatic vehicle number plates for both their electioneering and  private use to beat security checks.<\/p>\n<p>A highly placed security source made the revelations to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja at the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The source, however, hinted that the development had been brought to  the notice of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Hafiz Ringim,  for necessary action.<\/p>\n<p>This is coming just as a very senior police officer at the Force  Headquarters, Abuja, confirmed to the Nigerian Tribune on Sunday that  the IGP had already directed the commissioners of police in the 36  states of the  federation and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to  as a matter of urgency clamp down on all those using such unauthorised  vehicle number plates, describing it as an illegal act,\u201c inimical to the  nation\u2019s security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I can confirm to you that some unscrupulous people in the  society are in possession of both special police and diplomatic vehicle  number plates. This is not only illegal but criminal, right now, the IGP  has directed that such number plates be withdrawn with immediate  effect, while anybody caught should be made to face the wrath of the  law,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, \u201cthese special police number plates are  exclusively meant for the banks, not even microfinance banks, so, any  individual who converts such vehicle number plates for private use  should be ready to face the music, there is no short cut to it, the law  is very clear.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AHEAD of the forthcoming general election, politicians now use police and diplomatic vehicle number plates for both their electioneering and private use to beat security checks. A highly placed security source made the revelations to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-info read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/22\/diplomatic-plates-for-car-registrations\/\" role=\"button\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-reg-plate-news","category-world-number-plate-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regplates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}