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  • 955 persons charged to FRSC mobile courts

    The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) said no fewer than 955 persons were arraigned in its mobile courts for various offences across the country in 2018.

    Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, on Monday.

    Kazeem said that the corps had over 201 courts nationwide and that it was part of its “Operation Zero Tolerance for Road Traffic Crashes” campaign.

    “In 2018, in the operation zero tolerance period, a total of 955 offenders were arraigned as against 442 in the same period in 2017.

    “Out of the arraigned offenders, nine were sentenced to prison while 89 were discharged and acquitted during the period in 2018,” he said.

    He also said that in December, 2018, 350 offenders were referred to government established medical facilities for Emotional Stability Test.

    “The prevalent offences that were committed by the offenders are route violation, dangerous driving, light sign violation and use of phone while driving.”

    Kazeem said that the number of road traffic crashes recorded in 2018 was 8, 221, involving a total of 60,050 people.

    He added that the corps had put in place proactive measures, including inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Safety of Haulage Operations in Nigeria, to reduce crashes in the country.

    “The committee comprises of critical stakeholders in the transport sector like NARTO, NURTW, RTEAN, NUPENG PTD, traffic agencies among others.”

    The spokesman said that the committee was saddled with the mandate of curbing crashes involving tankers and other articulated vehicles on the highways.

    “Suffice to state that the establishment of the Operation Cobra team by the Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, is also a step in the right direction.”

  • Mobile court convicts 37 motorists in Jos

    A mobile court conducted by the Plateau Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Friday convicted 37 motorists for various traffic offences in Jos.

    Mr Andrew Bala, the Public Education Officer of the command told the News Agency of Nigeria that the exercise was held at the British-American junction.

    According to Bala, the motorists were convicted over offences such as seat belt violation, lack of vehicle particulars and speed limit device, as well as use of cell phone while driving.

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    Others according to him include underage driving, use of expired tyres, and drivers’ license violation, among others.
    The official explained that the court allotted fines to the sanctioned motorists and had their vehicles impounded until the fines were paid.

    Bala called on motorists to obey all traffic rules and regulations, and ensure their vehicles were in good condition to avoid being embarrassed by officers of the corps on highways.

  • 20 jailed in Ekiti for Sanitation Offences

    20 jailed in Ekiti for Sanitation Offences

     

    No fewer than 20 people were sentenced to prison by a Mobile Court on Sanitation Offences.

    They were jailed for failing to participate in the monthly environmental sanitation exercise held throughout the state at the weekend.

    The people were arrested by the state environmental sanitation officers for indiscriminate dumping of refuse and disregard for the official restriction of movement during the exercise.

    The presiding Magistrate, Mrs. Modupe Afeniforo who sent the convicts to prison terms ranging from one to two months however gave them options of fine between N3,000 and N5,000 in lieu of the prison sentences.

    Mrs Afeniforo noted that the sentences would not only serve as punishment but also as a deterrence to people that may be tempted to commit similar offences.

    Reacting to the development, the State Commissioner for Environment, Chief Bisi Kolawole warned that government would continue to prosecute anybody caught flouting environmental and sanitation laws in the state.

  • Mobile court convicts 14 Okada riders

    Mobile court convicts 14 Okada riders

    FOURTEEN commercial motorcyclists popularly known as okada riders were yesterday convicted by a Lagos State Mobile Court for plying prohibited routes.
    The convicts were among the 98 whose motorcycles were impounded by the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force).
    They were convicted after pleading guilty to the charge against them.
    Magistrate Lateef Owolabi ordered that their machines be confiscated and sentenced each of them to 10-hour community service.
    The convicts are Joseph Macus, 20, Saida Ibrahim, 33, Imo Isaac, 42, Julius Cliper, 20, Quis Uba, 30, Solomon Yusuff, 25, Zra Yaya, 37, Reuben Danladi, 20, Ali Mohammed, 29, Musa Gigida, 44, Jumai Malaya, 45, Anas Sulaimon, 20, Zira Kwanki, 35 and Bakare Sanusi, 21.
    The convicts, according to the court registrar, Bakare Jamiyu, have been taken to Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja and other public places to serve their sentences.
    A statement by the task force said the motorcycles were impounded around 2nd Rainbow Bus stop near Mile 2, Lagos.
    It said there were reports of criminal activities against some of the motorcyclists, adding that they indiscriminately plied restricted routes to rob people of their valuables, such as, mobile phones, bags and wrist-watches.

  • Mobile court to try environmental offenders

    The chairman of Kwali area council Joseph Shazin has revealed that his administration will use mobile courts as the last resort to deal with persons caught engaging in improper dumping of refuse in the area.

    Shazin who disclosed this recently while speaking with journalists, explained that the mobile court will help to make residents abide by the environmental rules in the area.

    He stressed that despite all measures put in place by the council, some residents are defiant of such measures and had continuously dispose their waste where they are not supposed to.

    The chairman added that one of the measures his administration intends to take to overcome the menace is to embark on massive sensitization on the importance of keeping a clean and healthy environment.

    He said the council is coming up with the old ways of monthly environmental sanitation exercise, adding that the exercise will keep the residents on their toes, to do the needful and help to make the council clean.

    “We need to tackle the issue of refuse disposal fast, before it overwhelms us. It is very important to keep our environment clean at all times. This we cannot achieve, unless we have the support of the residents of the council. I am calling on them to abide by the rules.

    “We might introduce the monthly environmental sanitation. This will help us a great deal. The mobile court again is another way of keeping the residents in line. We will also embark on rigorous sensitization exercise, because a healthy environment is what we want to achieve,” he said.