The Police in the Federal Capital Territory has arrested four suspects and impounded 21 cars over illegal car racing and other similar offences in Abuja.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh, made this known in a statement, on Monday, in Abuja.
The statement read that the suspects were arrested and the cars impounded under the enforcement of Regulation 228 of the Road Traffic Act on the prohibition of illegal car races and other similar offenses.
It quoted Adeh as saying that the enforcement team, led by the Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Babaji Sunday, impounded the cars on Sunday.
It read that the suspects were arrested around Muhammadu Buhari Way, by Nicon Insurance Area, where they converged for business as usual.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Police Command in the FCT, on Thursday, ordered full enforcement of the prohibition of all kinds of car and speed races within the territory.
The CP directed all the Divisional Police Officers and their supervisory Area Commanders to ensure full enforcement of the prohibition in their respective area of responsibility.
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The order followed public outcry on the menace of recklessness, risk to lives and damages to personal property as well as critical national infrastructure caused by car and speed races.
Illegal car racing, acceleration contests, speed competitions or test of physical endurance, among others, posed hardship in traffic navigation for road users in the FCT.
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