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Mobile courts prosecute 471 drivers in Lagos and Ogun states

May 6, 2016 1:28 PM

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has prosecuted 471 traffic offenders in Lagos and Ogun states.

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Mr Nseobong Akpabio, the FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer, Zone II, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

"Within the first quarter of this year, mobile courts in Zone RS-2 Command in January prosecuted 120 offenders, in February, 125, and in March, 226 offenders.

Altogether, 471 drivers of various categories were prosecuted by mobile courts in Lagos and Ogun States.

In the months of January and February, four cases were dismissed, and in March four drivers were also discharged and acquitted", he said.

The FRSC has also arrested 4,933 motorists for 5,610 traffic offences from the eight commands in Lagos and six in Ogun State.

These arrests were all made in the first quarter of 2016.

Inemesit Udodiong Inem Udodiong is the Entertainment Editor. A movie buff, film critic with a core interest in African cinema, and wellness. Reach her via inem.udodiong@pulse.ng

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