The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba has ordered a total ban on all use of Police SPY Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the country without exceptions.

According to the IGP, the development is irrespective of whether it is authorised or not as all authorisations were revoked indefinitely.

The order, he said, is necessary to forestall the continuous disregard for traffic rules and regulations and other extant laws guiding road use by individuals hiding under the privileges of SPY police number plates.

The IGP directed police officers and officers of other security agencies attached to VIPs who use the SPY number plates should ensure prompt compliance with the directive or risk being arrested for violation of the order.