A 26-year-old commercial truck driver, Johnson Aja, who allegedly drove recklessly and without a driver’s license, was on Friday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The police charged Aja with reckless driving and driving without a driver’s license.
The Prosecution Counsel, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that the defendant committed the offense on April 13 at Market Street, Agege Lagos.
She said that the defendant drove a Foton Delivery Truck with registration number: FST 480 XN, in a reckless and dangerous manner and caused the death of Olamide Awolabi, aged 21.
The offense, Ajayi said contravenes the provisions of sections 50 and 52 of the Road Traffic Acts of Lagos State, 2018.
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The offense also contravenes the provisions of No 1 of the Vehicle Inspection Offences and penalties of Lagos State Road Traffic Law. 2018
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two reliable sureties in like sum.
Kubeinje said one of the sureties must be a civil servant and the other a blood relative.
She adjourned the case until June 1 for mention.
In a related development, Hoodlums have wreaked havoc in Namu, Quan Pan Local Government Area of Plateau to vent their anger over the arrest of a suspected kidnap kingpin.
In the process, they burnt one of the security vehicles of Prof. Nora Dadu’ut, the senator representing Plateau South District, her official vehicle, a Press bus and other property.
The attack was totally unrelated to the senator’s visit to the area and the presence of the journalists who were on the Press bus.
Sen. Dadu’ut was in the area to inaugurate an ICT hub constructed as part of her Constituency Project in the local government area, while the bus that was burnt conveyed journalists who covered the event.
The hoodlums also descended on passers-by and innocent persons they encountered, inflicting injuries on many.
Reacting to the brigandage in Jos on Friday, Gov. Simon Lalong expressed outrage and ordered security agencies to apprehend culprits and restore order in the area.
His spokesman, Dr Makut Macham, stated that Lalong sympathized with the senator and members of the NUJ over the despicable act and directed security agencies to bring the culprits to justice.
The governor commended the quick response of security forces which restored sanity in the area and vowed that criminal elements would not be allowed room to operate in any part of the state, Macham also stated.
Lalong equally commended the Chairman of Quan Pan Local Government Council for the imposition of a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Namu town.
The curfew, he noted, would enable security agencies to properly take charge of the situation to avoid further escalation and exploitation by crises merchants, the governor’s spokesman added.
