Police, motor dealers to introduce software for detecting stolen vehicle in October

The Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has concluded plans to introduce software for detecting stolen vehicle in October.

The association’s President, Prince Ajibola Adedoyin, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said the implementation of the deal that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, approved for AMDON for vehicles’ data generation and enforcement will commence by the end of October.

“We have got the approval of the IGP. He is ready to work with us to make sure that the Nigeria Police Force curbs the issue of stolen vehicles, kidnapping or any crime that has to do with vehicles,” he said.

He emphasized that 90 percent of crime has to do with vehicles, adding that hardly any crime can be successful without a vehicle.

He said: “If we have the data of where this vehicle is coming from and the government has it on its fingertip, it becomes easier” to detect criminal activities.

He noted that the association and the police are working together to produce the software that will recognize the chassis numbers of vehicles.

Adedoyin added that in collaboration with the police, AMDON has already started the issuance of highly secured ID card to all its members.

According to him, once the police insert the chassis number of the vehicle into the software in their office, it will indicate whether it is among those that have been reportedly stolen or not.

The software and data implementation, he said, will reduce the incidence of stolen vehicles in the country.