FRSC Insists Commission Still Posses Powers To Issue Fines, Tickets & Impounds Offenders’ Vehicles

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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday denied social media reports that a Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified its powers to issue fines, tickets and impound offenders’ vehicles.

Speaking in Abuja, the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, said FRSC was aware of the post on social media questioning its powers to punish traffic offenders.
He said, “The truth is that there is no recent judgment of the FHC Lagos on the Tope Alabi case as being circulated.
“What happened was that one Barr. Tope Alabi challenged the powers of the FRSC to arrest him and impound his vehicle and make him pay fines for offences alleged.
“The FHC presided over by Justice Tsoho held that FRSC had no such powers. This was in September 2014.

“However, in a case on all fours with the Tope Alabi case earlier in March of same year, the same Justice Tsoho in the case of Bren Williams and Anor v FRSC held that FRSC had statutory powers to issue notice of offence, arrest, and detain vehicles suspected to have been used to commit traffic offences.’’

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