Agency Reporter
The Kaduna Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has convicted 50 motorists for traffic offences through a mobile court.
Sector Commander Mr. Hafiz Mohammed, in an interview on Wednesday with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna, said that the motorists were convicted on December 23 along Kaduna-Abuja expressway, under the provisions of the National Road Traffic Regulation and the Federal Road Safety Act.
He said that 57 drivers were arraigned and 50 were convicted.
“Of the 57 offenders, 23 were convicted for drivers’ licence violation, 12 for driving without seat belt and 16 for overloading.
Read Also: Midnight accident involving trailer kills two in Kaduna – FRSC
“Other offences include vehicle licence violation, failure to install speed limiting device, driving with shattered screen, cautions sign violation, dangerous driving, use of phone while driving and driving without fire extinguisher.
“The mobile court is helping to keep reckless and impatient drivers in check, restoring sanity and curbing the disturbing rate of accidents on the road,” Mohammed said.
The sector commander said that the mobile court would be sustained and warned that any driver found violating traffic rule would be brought before the magistrate for prosecution.
He assured travellers that FRSC would do its best to prevent avoidable accidents and loss of lives and appealed to motorists to obey traffic rules.
Leave a Reply