Truck driver Jailed for allegedly obstructing Fashola’s convoy

A 31-year-old truck driver, Mr. David Abiodun, who allegedly blocked the Lekki-Epe Expressway with his truck and consequently obstructed the convoy of  the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos.
The driver was said to have
knowingly obstructed free flow of traffic at the Ilasan area of Lekki, Eti-Osa, Lagos State while the governor was passing. He was consequently arrested by the police at Ilasan Division and arraigned on a five-count charge of dangerous and reckless driving without regard to other road users and causing obstruction to the Lagos State governor’s convoy.
During interrogation, it was alleged that Abiodun could not give satisfactory reasons on why he blocked the road. However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges before Magistrate, Mrs. A. A. Famobiwo. He was granted bail on liberal term in the sum of N20,000 with two sureties in like sum. The sureties must produce evidence of tax payment to the Lagos State government and they must be resident in the state.
Prison custody: Pending the perfection of his bail condition, the accused is to be remanded in Ikoyi prison custody. According to the police, the accused was arrested when he used his Mack 4 truck with number plate XY 33 GGE to block the entire lane on the Lekki-Epe Expressway for unjustifiable reasons and in the process prevented the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola and his convoy from having easy passage to their destination.
The prosecutor, Inspector Clifford Ogu informed the court that the offence contravened Sections 28(i), 39(3) of the Traffic Act 548, 36 (P), 44 (1) Cap. 172, Vol. 7 of the Road Traffic Law of Lagos State of Nigeria and Section 126 (1) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.


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