The Nigeria Bar Association Section on Public Interest has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Inspector General of Police, KAYODE EGBETOKUN, to stop the directive requiring vehicle owners to register and obtain a Central Motor Information System Certificate for a fee of not less than N6,000. 

The call was made in a Statement by NBA-SPIDEL Signed by its Chairman, JOHN AIKPOKPO-MARTINS and SECRETARY FUNMI ADEOGUN.

According to the NBA, there is no place or section within the laws of Nigeria that gives the Police the power to issue vehicle particulars, licenses or documents, adding that the Police officers have been enforcing illegal directive that has no place in the nations’ laws and should stop.

NBA however demanded an immediate halt to the issuance and enforcement of the CMRIS Certificates, urging the Inspector General of Police to issue a directive stopping the practice nationwide.