Traffic violations: Owners of 27 defaulting vehicles risk prosecution

By Stanley Onyekwere

Owners of 24 cars and 7 motor bikes impounded for various offences, from different parts of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will be made to face a mobile court, by the Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS).
This is even as the FCT Administration at weekend reiterated its resolve to intensify operations towards impounding all vehicles, arrest owners, who refuse to comply with extant rules and regulations.
According to DRTS Head of Operations, Deborah Osho, who led a combined team of task force officers on enforcement operations, all relevant agencies have resolved to strengthen attacks against all forms of nuisance in the city.
Osho disclosed that since taxi and other vehicles operators have refused to comply with rules, enforcement team, will also not relent in haunting and prosecuting them.
“Today’s operation is all about the clean up of the city. As you can see, this is the popular Garki Market which we have just cleared of nuisances, ranging from illegal car parks.
“This operation commenced from Area 1, 3, Apo Bridge and now we have extended it to Garki market areas. We want to ensure that there is free flow of traffic.
“The owners of the vehicles we have impounded for various offences will face a mobile court.
The vehicles that are not road worthy, will have to be fixed. The judges at the Mobile Court will also determine their fine. We have impounded about 24 vehicles, and 7 bikes.
On the environmental component of the operations, Deputy Director, Monitoring and Enforcement, Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), Kaka Bello said the areas raided were places where human activities have continued to constitute nuisances.
Bello noted that the intensified fight by the city enforcers against defaulters, was to ensure that a Abuja remain a city of pride.
He stated that environmental sanitation was required on a daily basis, noting that a little slack would be counterproductive.
According to him,”We are committed to removal of all sorts of nuisance from the city, especially those that have negative impact on the environment. The environmental cleaning has to be done on a daily basis”.