The Abuja Division of Federal High Court,
yesterday, stopped the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, from
imposing new drivers and vehicle licence on car owners whose vehicle
registration papers are still valid.
Delivering judgment in a suit filed by an
Abuja-based legal practitioner, Mr. John Musa, Justice Ademola Adeniyi
declared as “unconstitutional and a clear example of an act of executive
recklessness” threat by FRSC to start arresting car owners across the
country for failing to obtain the new driver’s licence, notwithstanding
the validity of their present licence.
The plaintiff had instituted the action last
year shortly after the FRSC fixed October 1, 2013 as the date it would
commence the arrest of car owners that failed to obtain the new licence.
Equally joined as a defendant in the suit was its Corp Marshal and Chief Executive, Mr. Osita Chidoka.
The defendants, in a preliminary objection
against the suit sought its dismissal for want of competence, even as
they challenged the locus standi of the plaintiff.
It was their contention that the plaintiff failed to establish any reasonable cause of action against them.
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