A Magistrate Court sitting in Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced a passenger, Kazeem Abdullahi, to a month in prison for attacking patrol operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)
The officers were assaulted while performing their lawful duties along Oye-Ifaki road in Ekiti State.
According to a statement by FRSC spokesman, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, said that the Magistrate, while giving his judgment, found the Defendant as guilty as charged.
The statement said: “But in view of the fact that Kazeem is a first-time offender, with dependants; and having also apologized to FRSC, was sentenced to one-month imprisonment or a fine of N5,000 in lieu of imprisonment.
“The offender was charged alongside Alhaji Dauda the 1st defendant who was presumed innocent, thereby discharged and acquitted.
“The matter which occurred on 22 April 2024 was first presented before His Worship on 09 May 2024 when the Defendant pleaded not guilty. The case witnessed other subsequent appearances before it was finally adjourned on 14 October 2024 when the verdict was pronounced.
“The two Defendants, Mr Kazeem Abdullahi who was a passenger, and Alhaji Dauda, the rider of the motorcycle, were stopped at FRSC patrol point when Kazeem became provocative and assaulted the personnel on duty.
“The rider who was apprehended for committing the offences of overloading with persons and riding a motorcycle without a helmet, went berserk at the point of arrest, as one of the passengers he carried started assaulting the arresting Marshal in uniform.”
According to the statement, the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, commended the Judiciary for the quick dispensation of justice.
“He noted that this, like other judgments, is an indication and strong warning to perpetrators of such acts, that no member of the public who assaults a public officer on duty, no matter how small, will be spared,” the statement said.
“The Corps Marshal warned the motoring community, particularly the recalcitrant who have made it habitual to attack security agencies to desist from such henceforth, or face the wrath of the law squarely.”
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