In continuation of its special road safety
assignment to curb incessant accidents by truck
drivers on the highways, the Federal Road Safety
Corps’ (FRSC) Mobile Court, on Thursday,
sentenced two drivers from the Dangote Cement
Company to three months each with hard labour.
The two drivers, Sani Ahmed and Umar Musa,
were arraigned before the FRSC mobile court at
Oluyole, Ibadan, along Lagos – Ibadan
expressway, and found guilty of dangerous and
reckless driving capable of causing death to other
motorists.
The men who were among twenty-two others
who were arraigned for various driving offences
by the FRSC were specially found guilty of
reckless driving inimical to other road users as
well as driving without valid drivers’ licences
among other traffic offences.
Zonal Public Education Officer, Christy Obasi,
noted in a statement: “Ahmed Sani drove his
unregistered fully loaded truck with cement in a
reckless and dangerous manner, inimical to the
safety of himself and other road users. The truck
had no single registration number plate but
company inscription of “IBESE 5”.
Obasi said the driver’s conduct on the highway
was reported by several other motorists to
different patrol teams along the highway which
led to an alert and subsequent hunt and arrest of
the driver for prosecution.
The Court sentenced Mr Ahmed Sani to three
months imprisonment with hard labour and
payment of Eighty-One Thousand Naira fine.
The second driver, Musa Umar was also arraigned
for driving a truck with registration number RMG
29 XA loaded with cement, dangerously on the
highway and without a valid driving licence.
Umar reportedly pleaded guilty and showed
remorse for his act with a promise to be more
responsible henceforth.
The court however convicted him but with option
of fine of N60, 000 while his truck remain
impounded until the company produced another
licensed driver to drive the truck.
In Lagos, 12 other truck drivers were prosecuted
for 19 traffic offences and were all sentenced.
In Ogun State, 27 truck drivers arrested by
various patrol teams on the Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway were equally charged to mobile court
in Sagamu, Ogun State for offences ranging from
unsecured containers on trucks, dangerous
driving, driving with worn out tyres, driving
without valid driver licence.
Out of the 27drivers, 22 drivers were sentenced
while 5 drivers were discharged and acquitted by
the court.
The FRSC assignment tagged ‘Operation
Scorpion’ which was launched on the Lagos
Ibadan Expressway last July 27 has continued to
track down or reckless and dangerous driving.

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FTC.....INTROVERT see your life..

Oga Lalasticlala attention needed here,headquater please

Introvert where DF are you ...... and this will help teach em a lesson , dangote drivers that drive like they own the road... annoy them and you'll hear "I'll kill u and nothing will happen"