In a bid to ensure compliance with traffik regulations and improvement of internally generated revenue,
the Katsina State Internal Revenue Board hass seized 240 motorcycles and tricycles in its âOperation Show Your Particularsâ.
This was disclosed by the boardâs spokesman, Sada Shuâaibu, as the exercise commenced on Tuesday.
 explaining that the operation for motor vehicles would commence on Thursday to check vehicle particulars.
âThe âoperation show your particulars exerciseâ began with motorcycles and tricycles and was carried out with assistance by security agencies. It is aimed at checking vehicles without genuine papers and also to curb other criminal activities with non-registered vehicles,â he stated.
âOn the first day of the exercise, hundreds of motorcycles and tricycles were impounded and taken to Katsina Central Police Station, pending registration, before being handed back to the owners.â
The operations were carried out at the Liyafa roundabout, Katsina Central Mosque roundabout, and Katsina Central Market roundabout. He urged motorists, tricycle and motorcycle operators to comply with traffic rules and regulations.
Mr Shuâaibu added that people without valid documents were compelled to update them during the exercise to avoid arrest.
âAlready, some owners of tricycles and motorcycles seized have been trooping to the revenue service offices to renew their documents before being released to them,â the official said. âOwners of the seized motorcycles and tricycles must do the necessary documentation to update their particulars before they can be released to them.â
