This is the best news since sliced bread. If you’ve been saving up for months to get the new number plates by FRSC, kindly invest the money in any business of your choice, go shopping or something. The Federal High court in Lagos has declared the New FRSC plate number illegal.

Prior to this verdict, a lawsuit was made by a certain lawyer, Emmanuel Ofoegbu, who challenged the powers of FRSC to impound vehicles of motorists who failed to acquire the new number plates. In his ruling today, March 26, 2014, Justice James Tsoho, stated that it was unlawful for the respondent to impose the new number plates on motorists, where there was no existing law permitting same.

“The issue of redesigning new number plates by the respondent is not covered under the provisions of any law in Nigeria. The respondent cannot force Nigerians to acquire new number plates by impounding cars, without the backing of any legislation to that effect. I hold that the act of the respondent amounts to an arbitrary use of power, and is therefore illegal and unconstitutional. Judgment is, therefore, entered in favour of the plaintiff, and all the reliefs sought are hereby granted, I so hold,” he said.