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Lagos Arraigns, Sends Traffic Offenders to 100 Days Community Service

Matilda Omonaiye/

The Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences yesterday arraigned 37 traffic offenders before the Special Offences (Mobile) Court in Oshodi.

The defendants were arraigned on offences ranging from driving against traffic, driving on the BRT corridor, plying the highway with motorcycles to endangering the lives of other road users.

The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, who led the prosecution team, told the court that the offences were punishable under Section 66 (b) of Lagos State Transport Law, 2012.

He further noted: “The present administration has zero-tolerance for the violation of the law. The state will continue to prosecute traffic offenders until sanity is restored on our roads and law-abiding citizens are allowed to commute without being impeded by unlawful individuals.”

The Presiding Magistrate, Omobola Salawu, sentenced the defendants to 100 days of community service.

They are also to pay fines ranging from N15,000 to N20,000.

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