The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Court sitting in Ogba convicted the 6 traffic offenders arrested by Gov. Ambode in Ijora-Olopa area of the State on Wednesday. They’re caught driving against traffic.
Magistrate Tanimola ordered them to forfeit their vehicles, 4 cars, one motorcycle and a tricycle, to the government. The 4 car owners were ordered to pay N50, 000 each as an option of fine to a 6-month imprisonment.
The motorcyclist and a tricyclist among them were ordered to pay N5, 000 and N30, 000 respectively as an option of fine to a one-month imprisonment each. Driving against on-coming traffic is contrary to and punishable under Section 7 (b) of the Lagos State Traffic Laws of 2012. .
The Magistrate held that the decision of the Court would go a long way to serve as a deterrent to other motorists who have cultivated the bad habit of contravening the Lagos State Traffic Laws, 2012.
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