2 Motorcyclists Sentenced To Prison For 1 Month For Taking On-Way

A Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Friday sentenced two motorcyclists to one month imprisonment. The were each sentemced to jail for violating traffic rules by following `one-way.’

The convicts are Sheu Adamu and Anthony Tortor.

The convicts, of different addresses, however, pleaded guilty to a charge bordering on following `one-way’. They also pleaded guilty for causing obstruction on the public highway. However, they begged for leniency.

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Judge Inuwa Maiwada, however, gave them N5,000 option of fine each. He also warned them to desist from committing crimes.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Ayotunde Adeyanju, had told the court that a team of police patrol attached to the Karu Police Station arrested the convicts on Jan. 28.

He said the convicts were riding their motorcycles along Karu-Kugbo highway. It was there they were caught driving against traffic or on `one-way’. They did this  without considering the danger involved.

According to Adeyanju, the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 36 of Road Traffic Act and 39 of Road Traffic Regulations.

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