Following cases of abductions of passengers in Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodimma has directed commercial drivers whose vehicles have tinted glasses to remove them within 72 hours.

The directive was contained in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku.

The order was in reaction to reports of kidnapping, armed robbery, hit and run, among others, within the state.

“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,” Nwachuku said.

“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.”

Disclosing the report of such criminal cases, the statement said: “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.”

He disclosed that the governor advised the security agencies to collaborate for effective implementation.

“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,” he said.