LAGOS – The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Thursday that its mobile courts had begun the arrest and trial of road traffic offenders on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Mr Godwin Ogagaoghene, the Zonal Commanding Officer in charge of Ogun and Lagos states, said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos during the commission’s `Operation Shield`.
Ogagaoghene, who said that the mobile courts were set up to try road traffic offenders on the spot, added that such road users would either be fined or sent to jail depending on the offence and the discretion of the magistrates.
“The mobile court is to fine recalcitrant offenders – those who will not want to heed to the warnings. The court is sitting to ensure that we have some sanity on our roads.
“The Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be rid of all forms of reckless driving.
“We have put other machineries and other logistics into operations to ensure that we curb these excesses of our motorists. [eap_ad_1] “I can assure you that before long, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be a crash-free road.
“Yesterday, we have made a total arrest of 42 people and they were tried at the court, all of them were found guilty and they have paid their fines and were allowed to go.
“Today, we have 72 offenders, who have been arrested, and most prominent offence they were arrested for was overloading.
“We are going to concentrate on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for now and make sure that there is sanity on this road; that people who want to kill themselves or who want to kill others are not allowed to use the road.
“So, we are assuring you that very soon, you will find that within Lagos State and Ogun State, you will not find these killers on our roads anymore.“
NAN reports that the fourth edition of a week-long annual event is aimed at reducing road traffic crashes across the country.
The FRSC boss, who said that the idea of establishing mobile courts was for the annual event, noted that arrangements were ongoing to make courts available on the highways at all times to try offenders.
Ogagaoghene said drivers should comply with the rules and regulations because the corps meant a business with reckless driving, overloading, speeding and dangerous overtaking.
The FRSC boss called for the cooperation of judiciary and expressed the belief that such operation would change the attitude of road users. (NAN)
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