See The 7 Jailable Traffic Offences In Lagos

See The 7 Jailable Traffic Offences In Lagos

See The 7 Jailable Traffic Offences In Lagos

Under the Lagos Traffic Law of 2012, which will be strictly enforced from Monday by the Traffic Courts, violators of some of the offences can
be jailed for some number of months.

Below are the seven offences that offenders can either be fined, imprisoned or both.

*Driving an unlicensed vehicle
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*Driving with a fake number plate
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*Driving a vehicle with an
unauthorized or defective number
plate
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*Driving with a forged driver’s
licence
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*Neglect of traffic directions
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*Driving motorcycle without
approved crash element by driver
and passenger
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*Operating vehicle within restricted
routes or beyond official hours
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Full Text of Traffic Law
The state government last Friday inaugurated five Mobile Court buses for road traffic offenders, with a
pledge to end internet on the roads. The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade and the State’s Attorney General, Kazeem Adeniji,
restated their commitments to ridding Lagos of recklessness and impunity on the roads at the
inauguration