Cross River State Police Command has impounded 25 vehicles in Calabar for operating without valid registration plates or using altered, covered, defaced and unauthorised dealer number plates.

The command said the enforcement followed a nationwide directive by the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, aimed at curbing the use of vehicles with concealed or irregular registration plates.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, said the operation was carried out across the Calabar metropolis on July 3, 2026.

According to him, 25 vehicles were intercepted for violating the directive, while the owners have been subjected to the appropriate administrative and legal processes and are being prosecuted in line with relevant laws.

Akata explained that the exercise is intended to enhance public safety, improve vehicle identification and deny criminal elements the anonymity often associated with unregistered or obscured number plates.

He said the command remains committed to intelligence-led, proactive and community-oriented policing, adding that the enforcement exercise would continue across the state.

The police spokesperson urged motorists to comply with all vehicle registration and traffic regulations to avoid sanctions.

He also appealed to residents to continue supporting the police by promptly reporting suspicious persons, activities or emergencies through the command’s dedicated emergency lines.

At least six people have been confirmed killed, while three others were injured in separate attacks as gunmen suspected to be Fulani terrorists laid siege on different communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government of Plateau State.

The Berom Youth Moulders-Association, BYM, which confirmed the incidents in a statement on Monday, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Rwang Tengwong, said the attacks occurred on Saturday in Ta-Hoss, Riyom, and Sabon Layi, Barkin Ladi, while another attack took place in Kwi district of Riyom in the early hours of Sunday.

Describing the attacks as unprovoked and a continuation of a sustained campaign of terror against Christian communities in the state, particularly in Riyom and Barkin Ladi, Tengwong condemned the continued siege on Berom land by bandits and called on security agencies to rise to their responsibilities and flush the attackers out of the affected areas.

“The Berom Youth Moulders-Association, BYM, under the leadership of Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri, strongly condemns the fresh wave of coordinated attacks by armed Fulani terrorists that claimed the lives of six innocent people and left one woman critically injured in separate attacks on Ta-Hoss, Riyom LG, Sabon Layi, Barkin Ladi LG, on Saturday, July 4, 2026, and Kwi, Riyom LG, in the early hours of Sunday, July 5, 2026,” the association said.

Continuing, the BYM said:

“At about 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, armed Fulani terrorists operating from the Bangai axis attacked farmers on their farmland at Rinyan Village in Ta-Hoss Community, Riyom LG.

“The attackers shot dead Hudung Luka, 40, and critically injured Ladi Istifanus, 50. Later that night, terrorists invaded Sabon Layi Community in Barkin Ladi LG and brutally murdered Sunday, 25, Benjamin James, 33, and Godwin Yakubu, 27.

“In the early hours of Sunday, the terrorists struck again, killing Peter Bulus in Kwi Village, Riyom LG. 

“These attacks are not isolated incidents but form part of a persistent pattern of violence deliberately targeting innocent civilians, farmers, and rural communities.

“The repeated killings continue to instill fear, displace families, and threaten the livelihoods of the Berom people. BYM is deeply concerned by recent security intelligence reports indicating that armed Fulani terrorists are allegedly camped in different locations across Plateau State to launch coordinated attacks on vulnerable communities.

“This disturbing development calls for immediate intelligence-driven security operations to identify, dismantle, and neutralise these camps before more innocent lives are lost. 

“Security agencies must act proactively rather than waiting to respond after attacks have occurred.”

The Lagos State Police Command said its operatives have arrested 150 suspects and recovered 100 unregistered motorcycles, firearms, suspected stolen property, and illicit drugs during a coordinated raid on criminal hideouts in the Igando and Idimu areas of the state.

In a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, the command said the operation, conducted under the ongoing Operation KO S’AYE, targeted criminal hideouts at Boolar, Oko Filling Bus Stop, Igando, and other identified black spots within the Area M, Idimu axis.

The statement said the operation was carried out at about 5:45 am on Sunday following credible intelligence, adding that the coordinated raid involved a joint team of operatives drawn from different formations of the Lagos State Police Command.

“As part of the ongoing Operation KO S’AYE, the Lagos State Police Command has sustained its aggressive clearance operations against criminal hideouts across the state, in line with the Command’s commitment to ensuring that there is no safe haven for criminals,” the statement said.

Exhibits recovered during the operation included 100 unregistered motorcycles, 54 mobile phones, one double-barrel gun, two single-barrel guns, one locally made double-barrel shotgun, two military camouflage uniforms, assorted charms, six generators suspected to have been stolen, substances suspected to be Indian hemp, and various quantities of illicit drugs.

It added that all the suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations are ongoing to determine their individual culpability.

The statement further said those found to have committed criminal offences will be charged to court accordingly.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, reaffirmed the command’s commitment to sustaining the anti-crime operation across the state.

He commended the operatives for their professionalism and dedication, stressing that Operation KO S’AYE would continue across Lagos to deny criminals safe haven and ensure the safety and security of residents.