FCT : FRSC Mobile Court Convicts 281 Offenders In One Week

A special intervention Mobile Court sitting along Abuja -Nyanya corridor has convicted 281 offenders for 605 traffic offences in one week.

Speaking during the on going Operation “Restore Sanity 11” in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Felix Theman said the exercise was part of efforts towards curtailing the rate of traffic indiscipline amongst road users, increasing culture of route violation, overloading and other contraventions inimical to effective traffic management in the territory.

Mr Theman maintained that the Sector Command collaborated with the Nigerian Army Brigade of Guards, which deployed two teams, and Officers from the Nigerian Correctional Service for full compliance to the mobile Court judgement.

The Sector Commander who explained that the special operation focused on Route Violation and Overloading, added that traffic offences like driving without drivers license had the highest number of offenders during the exercise.

He emphasized that the mobile court session presided over by Maryam Muazu- Alhaji also sentenced six offenders for various offences and handed them over to the Nigerian Correctional Service to serve 2 to 6 days of community service at the Nyanya Unit Command and the military base at Mambilla Barracks.

The FRSC FCT Boss noted that three other offenders Sunday Idoko, Yakubu Haruna, and Wanje Mathias were handed over to the non-custodial unit of the Nigerian Correctional Service to undergo 3 to 6 hours of counseling, aimed at educating them on the gravity of their offences.

Kayode Oyedare, Edited By Grace Namiji