It is no longer business as usual for commercial vehicle drivers with tinted glass in Imo State as the Executive Governor of Imo State has approved a clampdown on
commercial vehicle drivers with tinted glass
Hope Uzodimma has approved the clamp down on all tinted vehicles used for commercial activities in the State.
The governor's instructions to clamp down on commercial vehicle drivers with tinted glass was made public through a Press Release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Oguwuike Nwachukwu
Governor Uzodimma's approval was necessitated by various reports that such vehicles, mainly buses were always used to perpetrate criminal activities around Imo State.
The Release reads; "consequently, all bus drivers operating in the State with such vehicles have been given 72 hours within which to remove their tinted glasses or face full weight of the law.
Of late, intelligence revealed that most of the commercial vehicles, particularly the commercial buses with tinted glasses, were deployed for criminal activities, such as kidnapping, armed robbery, hit and run, among others, within the State.
Accordingly, the Governor has advised the security agencies to collaborate with certain government officials to ensure that the menace caused by the use of commercial buses with tinted glasses is stopped forthwith, and the defaulters legally brought to book if they fail to comply with the directive after three days of grace"
