The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos has upheld the powers of the Federal Road Safety Commission to set deadlines for motorists to change to the new vehicle number plates and drivers’ licence.

A statement issued by the agency and signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Stella Uchegbu, said the verdict was delivered in respect of the appeal filed by the Commission against the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lagos, in a case of Emmanuel Ofoegbu vs FRSC on 26th March 2014 which ruled that FRSC has no statutory powers to fix deadline for motorists to switch over to the new vehicle number plate and driver’s license.

The verdict by the Court of Appeal in Lagos, delivered by Justice Joseph Ike with Justices Ndukwe Anyanwu and Jamillah Tukur as members, the court upheld the validity of the National Road Traffic Regulations 2012, and the validity of old number plate bought by the respondent, Emeka Ofoegbu expired on 13th October, 2014, the deadline issued by the FRSC.

It also “dissolved the order of injunction by the Federal High Court, restraining FRSC from setting deadline for change over to the new number plates and observed that the 13th October, 2014 deadline, had passed.

http://www.newsday.com.ng/court-upholds-frsc-deadline-on-new-number-plates/

GEJ will extend it since he wants our votes.

Whatever! All I knw is that the law is an Asss