FRSC nabs military impersonator, convicts 245 traffic offenders in Abuja

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has arrested a subject impersonator and convicted 245 postulation offenders during its ongoing clampdown connected violators successful the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

A connection signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, connected Sunday, said the arrests and convictions were portion of Operation Restore Sanity IV, carried retired betwixt September 8 and 12 astatine the Nyanya Unit Command, and connected September 10 astatine the Karu Unit Command.

According to the statement, the workout was conducted successful collaboration with the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Nigerian Army Brigade of Guards, targeting reckless driving and different postulation violations on the Abuja–Nyanya corridor.

A full of 254 offenders were arraigned for 563 traffic-related offences. Of this number, 245 were convicted, portion 9 were discharged aft tribunal consideration.

The offences included seatbelt violations, driver’s licence infractions, overloading, and way violations, arsenic good arsenic unsafe driving, postulation airy disobedience, fig sheet violations, wrongful overtaking, usage of phones portion driving, and impersonation.

Among those convicted were 7 repetition offenders — Shaab Murtala, Abel Sunday, Sunday Salasi, Benjamin Augustine, Ekem Charles, Hussaini Kabir, and Samsudeen Abdullahi — who faced aggregate charges. Their punishments ranged from 3 hours to 5 days of assemblage service.

One notable lawsuit progressive Hussaini Kabir, who not lone committed postulation offences but besides impersonated the military. He was sentenced to 5 days of assemblage work astatine Mambilla Barracks.

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

FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, commended the FCT Command for sustaining the intervention, which helium described arsenic a deterrent against postulation violations and a means of restoring bid connected the roads.

He said the Mobile Court sittings were initiated arsenic portion of a deliberate nationalist strategy to fortify enforcement, deter habitual violators, and beforehand safer roads crossed the country.

“Similar exercises volition beryllium replicated nationwide to safeguard lives and reconstruct sanity connected our roads,” Mohammed stated, informing motorists to desist from reckless driving, overloading, way violations, and different forms of indiscipline.

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