Uzodimma okays clampdown on commercial vehicles drivers operating with tinted glasses

Governor Hope Uzodimma has approved the clamp down on all tinted vehicles used for commercial activities in the State following reports of the use of such vehicles, mainly buses, to perpetrate criminal activities around Imo State.

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.