Lagos State Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo on Tuesday restated the zero-tolerance stance of the present administration for violation of the law, just as he led the prosecution of 37 alleged traffic offenders arraigned before the Special Offences (Mobile) Court, Oshodi.
Speaking after his appearance, the Attorney-General stated that Lagos will continue to prosecute traffic offenders until sanity is restored on roads and law-abiding citizens are allowed to commute without being impeded by unlawful individuals, adding that many convictions have been handed out and vehicles of some of the offenders had been forfeited.
He recalled that one of the first duties of Governor Sanwo-Olu on assumption of office was to sign an Executive Order on traffic management among others, saying “This was a demonstration that the new administration has zero-tolerance for disobedience to traffic rules and that all traffic offenders must be punished according to the law which may inform community service or fines”.
Earlier, during the court proceedings, the Attorney-General had urged the Court, presided over by Magistrate Omobola Salawu to convict the 37 offenders charged with various offences such as driving against traffic, driving on BRT corridor and plying the highway with Motorcycles, endangering the lives of other roads’ users.
Onigbanjo maintained that the offence committed is punishable under section 66 (b) of Lagos State Transport Law, 2012.
In his ruling, Magistrate Omobola Salawu sentenced the accused to 100 days of community service and fines ranging between N15,000 – 20,000 relative to the offence committed.
