In its intensified clampdown on traffic violators under the ongoing Operation Restore Sanity IV, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) FCT Command has arrested 254 offenders, including a military impersonator.
It has also secured a total of 245 convictions during a series of mobile court sittings held between September 8 to 12, 2025, at Nyanya Unit Command, and on September 10, 2025 at Karu Unit Command.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, in a statement on Sunday, September 14, said that the special operation, carried out in collaboration with the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Nigerian Army Brigade of Guards, “was specifically designed to address the rising tide of traffic indiscipline along the busy Abuja–Nyanya corridor, notorious for route violations, overloading, and reckless driving.”
He stated further: “In all, 254 offenders were arraigned for committing a total of 563 traffic-related offences.
“Out of these, 245 were convicted, while nine were discharged after due consideration by the court.”
The offences, according to ACM Ogungbemide, cut across a wide spectrum, including 129 cases of seat belt violation, 122 cases of driver’s licence violation, 111 cases of overloading, and 63 cases of route violation.
Other offences such as dangerous driving, traffic light violation, number plate violation, wrongful overtaking, use of phone while driving, caution sign violation and impersonation, were also booked.
He spoke on a particularly notable aspect of the sittings which was the conviction of seven notorious offenders — Shaab Murtala, Abel Sunday, Sunday Salasi, Benjamin Augustine, Ekem Charles, Hussaini Kabir, and Samsudeen Abdullahi.
He said that they were found guilty of multiple offences including dangerous driving, impersonation, overloading, driver’s licence violation, use of phone while driving and route violation; with their punishments ranging from three hours to five days of community service.
Another striking case was that of Kabir; who not only committed traffic offences, but also impersonated the military.
The offender was handed a five-day community service sentence, to be served at Mambilla Barracks.
The mobile court sittings were presided over by His Worship Maryam Muazu Alhaji and His Worship Huzaifa Maccido, while the FCT Sector Legal Officer, CRC Cindy Talabi, served as the prosecuting counsel.
Speaking on the outcome of the exercise, the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, commended the FCT Command for sustaining special interventions aimed at deterring violators and restoring discipline on the roads.
He noted that the mobile court sittings were held at his instance, as part of a deliberate national strategy to curb traffic indiscipline.
He disclosed that similar exercises would be replicated across all states of the federation to strengthen enforcement, deter habitual violators, and promote safer roads nationwide.
The Corps Marshal further warned motorists to desist from dangerous driving, route violation, overloading, and all forms of recklessness, stressing that the FRSC would not relent in prosecuting offenders to safeguard lives and restore sanity on Nigerian roads.
