FRSC SECURES CONVICTION OF MOTORIST FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING AND ASSAULTING ROAD MARSHAL IN ABUJA

FRSC SECURES CONVICTION OF MOTORIST FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING AND ASSAULTING ROAD MARSHAL IN ABUJA

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), FCT Sector Command, has secured the conviction of a 26-year-old traffic offender, Atada Victor, for dangerous driving, assaulting an FRSC Marshal and other traffic-related offences.

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In a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Osondu Ohaeri, The incident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. during a routine traffic enforcement operation in the FCT when the offender, driving a vehicle was flagged down by the corps’ patrol team for a traffic violation. Rather than complying with the lawful directive to stop, he deliberately accelerated, knocked down the arresting Marshal and rammed into the Corps’ patrol vehicle in a desperate attempt to evade arrest leaving the Marshal with serious injuries to the head, eye and other parts of the body.

The offender was arraigned before the magistrate court, Wuse judicial division, Abuja where he was sentenced to two weeks of community service aside payment of ₦1.08 million total financial liability.