FCTA arraigns 34 motorists before for traffic violations
Thirty-four traffic offenders were yesterday arranged before the mobile court, just as the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) commenced the enforcement of traffic rules in the territory.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Wadata Bodinga pledged that the department will not relent until motorists abide by traffic rules and regulations in the territory.
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Bodinga explained that fines ranging from N30, 000 to N40, 000 were imposed on the offenders, after subjecting them to psychiatric test before their trial before the FCT Mobile Court.
” We started the operation on the Ahmadu Bello Way and transcended to Oando Filling Station at Gwarimpa and all the way to Gudu, and our personnel have been stationed on all the intersections where some traffic lights are not working to ensure traffic control.
”The operation is basically successful with some little challenges that have to do with the people that resisted arrest.
”We have only one case of someone who tried to run with our officer and along the line there was a minor road accident, but fortunately for us nobody got injured.
”The person has since been remanded at Kuje Prison because of his act and deliberate dangerous driving and intention to abduct our officer.
“So far, about 34 cases were referred to the mobile court and were fine after they were found guilty and about 16 cases are been evaluated and tomorrow they will be arraigned before the mobile court,” Bodinga said.
Acting Director, Reform Coordination and Service Improvement, Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, said the operation was necessitated by a matching order from the Presidency.
Ahmadu said the FCT minister, the minister of state and permanent secretary take the assignment seriously, saying that “it doesn’t matter who you are, once you are arrested you will be subjected to psychiatric test and be made to face the law.
”Because no normal human being will beat traffic lights, so we need to check the state of mental stability and when that is done you now face the law and offenders will pay for their mental evaluation.”
She admonished FCT residents to always be law- abiding by obeying traffic laws, stating that the faces of offenders would be exposed through the media.
