jidsoon: A lawyer with a Lagos-based legal firm, Tope Alabi and Co, located on 77B, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, western Nigeria, has dragged the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, to court over the new driver’s licence and number plate introduced by the Federal Government.

According to the motion on notice and motion ex-parte made available to P.M.NEWS by the lawyer, Tope Alabi, the court is to determine whether the National Assembly, as the first defendant, has power to legislate on the production and issuance of driver’s licence and number plate under section 4 of the 1999Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.



The plaintiff are also seeking a declaration that the defendants whether by themselves, agents or privies whatsoever or howsover described lack the powers in cracking down on those still using the existing registered number plates on their registered vehicles; and an order of perpectual injuction restraining the defendants whether by themselves, agents or privies whatsoever or howsover described from cracking down on those still using valid driver’s licences pending the time within which same will expire and due for renewal.

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jidsoon: A lawyer with a Lagos-based legal firm, Tope Alabi and Co, located on 77B, Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, western Nigeria, has dragged the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, to court over the new driver’s licence and number plate introduced by the Federal Government.

Joined in the suit filed at the Federal High Court in Lagos on 9 September are the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Justice Alooma Mukhtar.

According to the motion on notice and motion ex-parte made available to P.M.NEWS by the lawyer, Tope Alabi, the court is to determine whether the National Assembly, as the first defendant, has power to legislate on the production and issuance of driver’s licence and number plate under section 4 of the 1999Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

Also, the court is to determine whether the provisions of the FRSC Act that empower it to produce and issue number plate and driver’s licence are not inconsistent with the provision of section 4 of the Constitution; and whether the defendants along with their agents, servants or privies are right in directing the registered vehicle owners including the plaintiff to re-register when the existing registration is valid and subsisting.

The plaintiff also wants the court to determine whether the defendants along with their agents, servants or privies are right in directing the holders of valid driver’s licences and number plates, including the plaintiff, to renew same when the existing driver’s licences have not expired.

Among the reliefs claimed by the plaintiff are: A declaration that the defendant, the FRSC, lacks the powers to legislate on the issuance of number plate and driver’s licence under section 4 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2011; a declaration that by virue of the provisions of section 4 and 5 of the 2011 constitution of Nigeria, the production and issuance of number plate and driver’s licence is a residual matter within the exclusive legislative and executive competence of the states.

The plaintiff are also seeking a declaration that the defendants whether by themselves, agents or privies whatsoever or howsover described lack the powers in cracking down on those still using the existing registered number plates on their registered vehicles; and an order of perpectual injuction restraining the defendants whether by themselves, agents or privies whatsoever or howsover described from cracking down on those still using valid driver’s licences pending the time within which same will expire and due for renewal.

While speaking with our reporter, Alabi said FRSC’s claim that one of the reasons for the introduction of a new number plate and driver’s licence is because the old number plate and driver’s licence are easily forged is baseless.

The plaintiff opined that some fraudsters were caught recently with a large number of the fake new number plates and driver’s licence.

—Bamidele Olowosagba


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talk2s: All of U that are praising the lawyer and commending this bid should go back and like that post.
Shekinah!

Mustay:

Lol Tope Alabi!

Until there's a perpetual injuction, I won't celebrate. I don't understand why our fellow citizens are very inconsiderate. Methinks Nigerians themselves have not put enough pressure on their representatives in the House to stop this nonsense just the way they were so passionate about #childMarriage ish.

Yesterday when Osita Chidoka was speaking, it was very evident that the licensing was something they didn't test-run before launching. They are using Nigerians to be doing 'I.T. projects' and making us pay for such inconveniences and lapses that is none of their business.

Yeah, he says they want to have a record and database. He says the security feature can be seen with laser but why FORCE everyone to change

If this trend isn't curbed, Nigerians would continue paying:
FRSC Licences
Yellow Card renewal
Police BCMR. . .am waiting for the next one.

Confusionist: Where is the lawyer that sued Oyedepo for being a tout?

Or the kenyan lawyer who sued the killers of Jesus!

Where is the lawyer who sued Lagos state for what he termed, 'unlawful deportation' of the ibos?

Where is the one who sued the FG?

To me, I say lawyers are crazy son of a bee!!!
They shld all be treated for psychosis!!!

Confusionist: Where is the lawyer that sued Oyedepo for being a tout?

Or the kenyan lawyer who sued the killers of Jesus!

Where is the lawyer who sued Lagos state for what he termed, 'unlawful deportation' of the ibos?

Where is the one who sued the FG?

To me, I say lawyers are crazy son of a bee!!!
They shld all be treated for psychosis!!!

Osama10: The bottom line is that Nigeria JAGA JAGA everything SCATTER SCATTER.

This country has been given to the dogs.

KriTic24_A++:

I have been thinking seriously about this road safety people since the introduction of the second driver’s licence. (1993)
Before the advent of FRSC in Nigeria, you can run a valid license booklet for upward of 20years, because of renewal option of between 1 to 3 years. I used mine from 1980 to 1992 (and this can be renewed at ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT in Nigeria despite it’s being paper-work) when they introduced the first so-called fool-proof or is it water-proof they call it.
But since the advent of RS, whose primary role is to ensure the safety of road users, now in charge, everything has gone haywire.
RS in about 25yrs in existence is having the fifth attempt at introducing another driver’s licence.

Each time they introduce a new one, they tell us it can’t be forged. We all know the out-come today.
Who are the importers of fake driver’s licence machine? You or me or FAKE FRSC?
Same thing goes for new number plates.
Where were their ‘think- tanks’ when they were brain-storming for a new number plate the first time for not including security features and data capture they now bandied around?
To me FRSC has lost focus. Sometime around 2008, we read that they were given some millions of Naira to procure road signs and all that, which to some extent, they did.
But today, can you find road sign anywhere in Lagos except few ones warning of Okada’s restriction and one-way traffic.
What is the road safety doing about accidents that has continued to escalate on our highways with the attendant high casualties?
FRSC simply wait for accidents to happen and go there to ‘rescue’ survivors.
NLs, what is really the function of FRSC vis -a -vis generating revenue or preventing accident on our road?

Confusionist: Where is the lawyer that sued Oyedepo for being a tout?

Or the kenyan lawyer who sued the killers of Jesus!

Where is the lawyer who sued Lagos state for what he termed, 'unlawful deportation' of the ibos?

Where is the one who sued the FG?

To me, I say lawyers are crazy son of a bee!!!
They shld all be treated for psychosis!!!

Avila Projects: Oh Lord, heal our land and water. Every policies that would inflict pains and suffering over our land, be removed and scatter. Amen

igbsam: At last someone has voiced out. I just pray other prominent lawyers would join this man is pursuing the same cause. Afterall we Nigerians are used to saying, someone needs to start it first, then we will follow. Now someone has started it o...

Everybody else should follow suit

New plate number - N35, 000
New Driver's license - N15, 000
Police BCMR - N3, 500

Total - N53, 500

Just because somebody wants to make money, they want us to pay this outrageous amount because I dey drive car. Crazy nation.

alpha conde: EverydAy I just wish the new drivers license and plate number could be canceled. I personally feel oppressed by these new policies. When am oppressed am depressed.

maphed:

Pls wats the police BCMR -3,500.Never heard of dat and dnt want to br caught wanting. Pls throw more light

sayso: This is going to be war. how can those taxi drivers change theirs? the transport companies will increase fare to accommodate the expenses of new number plate. FRSC I feel like killing you guys on the highway.