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New Number Plate, Offender To Be Prosecuted Effective Aug 1st by Biliamin(m): 10:04pm On Jul 23, 2014 |
The Federal Road Safety Commission ( FRSC ) on Tuesday said it would begin enforcement of the new drivers ’ licence and number plate on 1 August. The Lagos State Sector Commander, Chidi Nkwonta , told NAN that the decision followed the new court judgment . “ This new judgment made it very clear that as from Aug. 1 , FRSC should impound. “ So, Nigerians must discountenance that first misleading judgment and take this one because we are going to continue enforcement as from 1 August 2014. “ We never asked anybody to stop ( processing licences ) . Anybody who stopped ab initio stopped at his own peril . Neither did the court ask anybody to stop , that judgment never said anybody should “ So anybody who did so did it at his own risk and the deadline was supposed to be 30 June . Now we have extended it to 1 August, because we needed to go on appeal on the other matter . “ But right now , there is another judgment which says we can go on . So , while we are still waiting for the appeal we are going to go on with this other judgment . ” NAN reports that Justice Peter Umeadi of a Federal High Court in Anambra on 30 June , had ruled in a suit filed by Chief Ajefo Ekwo challenging FRSC ’ s powers to enforce new drivers’ licence and number plate . Umeadi said that the respondent’ s directive to change old drivers ’ licence and number plates to new was legal , valid , subsisting and in conformity with the FRSC ’ s 2007 Act and the National Road Traffic Regulations of 2012 . Nkwonta , however , said that the recent judgment had put aside the earlier judgment of the Lagos High Court ruling that the corps had no authority to produce and fix deadline for the documents . The FRSC commander said that the earlier judgment was given in error and the commission would stand by the new judgment while appealing against the earlier judgment . He said that the command had not failed to process the vehicle documents for new applicants that patronised the commission after the initial judgment . Nkwonta said that all the registration centres and 18 additional work stations in all parts of Lagos were functional and the network was effective . He said that the commission had improved in the processes as well as working at weekends to make it easy for applicants . NAN recalled that Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Lagos on March 26 declared that the FRSC had no legal authority to impose new number plates on motorists in the country . The judge also held that “ the ongoing exercise by the FRSC to replace the old number plate with a new one is illegal and unconstitutional because there is no law empowering it to carry out the exercise . ” Justice Tsoho delivered the judgment in a suit filed by a Lagos- based lawyer , Emmanuel Ofoegbu, against the FRSC . In the suit , Ofoegbu had challenged the power of the commission to impound vehicles of motorists who failed to acquire the new number plates . The plaintiff argued that there was no law validly made in accordance with the constitution prohibiting the use of the old number plates . Meanwhile , Justice Umeadi declared that FRSC has power to impound any vehicle which fails to register for a new number plate and arrest any motorist who fails to obtain the new drivers’ licence He said that such offender should be prosecuted according to law as from 1 August . http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2014/07/23/frsc-to-enforce-new-drivers-licence-number-plate-aug-1/ |
Re: New Number Plate, Offender To Be Prosecuted Effective Aug 1st by osashilton: 10:23pm On Jul 23, 2014 |
What next? |
Re: New Number Plate, Offender To Be Prosecuted Effective Aug 1st by Ugojames(m): 11:34pm On Jul 23, 2014 |
Now i am confused ![]() |
Re: New Number Plate, Offender To Be Prosecuted Effective Aug 1st by Godswillu(m): 8:46am On Jul 24, 2014 |
What it means is that, FRSC, Police, Lasma , VIO and so on will arrest any one with old plate number. |
Re: New Number Plate, Offender To Be Prosecuted Effective Aug 1st by Godswillu(m): 8:57am On Jul 24, 2014 |
If FRSC is going to obey this latest "judgement" giving when judiciary is on strike, because it favours FRSC, Nigerians shall obey the earlier judgment. since the new Judgment was given in error and the Nigerians would stand by the old judgment while appealing against the New judgment. |
Re: New Number Plate, Offender To Be Prosecuted Effective Aug 1st by Biliamin(m): 10:33am On Jul 29, 2014 |
Have you registered your car? August 1st is very close. Don't allow these officials harass you |
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