FRSC Arrests Military Impersonator, 253 Others For Traffic Violations In FCT

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has arrested and prosecuted a subject impersonator and 253 others for antithetic postulation violations successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Out of the full fig of 254 offenders, the FRSC secured convictions of 245 done a bid of Mobile Court sittings held from September 8 done 12, 2025 astatine Nyanya Unit Command and connected September 10, 2025 astatine Karu Unit Command.

FRSC spokesperson, Olusegun Ogungbemide, successful a connection said the peculiar operation, carried retired successful collaboration with the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Nigerian Army Brigade of Guards, was designed to code the rising tide of postulation indiscipline on the engaged Abuja–Nyanya corridor.

Ogungbemide noted that the corridor was notorious for way violations, overloading, and reckless driving.

“In all, 254 offenders were arraigned for committing a full of 563 traffic-related offences. Out of these, 245 were convicted, portion 9 were discharged aft owed information by the court,” helium said.

The FRSC spokesperson peculiarly stressed a notable facet of the sittings with the condemnation of 7 notorious offenders identified arsenic Shaab Murtala, Abel Sunday, Sunday Salasi, Benjamin Augustine, Ekem Charles, Hussaini Kabir, and Samsudeen Abdullahi.

“They were recovered blameworthy of aggregate offences, including unsafe driving, impersonation, overloading, driver’s licence violation, usage of telephone portion driving, and way violation. Their punishments ranged from 3 hours to 5 days of assemblage service.

“In a striking case, Hussaini Kabir, who not lone committed postulation offences but besides impersonated the military, was handed a 5 time assemblage work condemnation to beryllium served astatine Mambilla Barracks,” the FRSC spokesperson said.

He further said the offences chopped crossed a wide spectrum, including 129 seatbelt usurpation cases, 122 driver’s licence usurpation cases, 111 overloading cases, arsenic good arsenic 63 way usurpation cases.

Other offenders for infractions specified arsenic unsafe driving, postulation airy violation, fig sheet violation, wrongful overtaking, usage of telephone portion driving, caution motion violation, and impersonation were besides booked.

The Mobile Court sittings were presided implicit by His Worship Maryam Muazu Alhaji and His Worship Huzaifa Maccido, portion the FCT Sector Legal Officer, CRC Cindy Talabi served arsenic the prosecuting counsel during the trials.