Court jails passenger for assaulting FRSC officers

A Magistrate Court sitting in Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced a passenger, Kazeem Abdullahi, to a month in prison for assaulting patrol operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC.

It was gathered that the officers were assaulted while performing their lawful duties along Oye-Ifaki road in Ekiti State.

The defendant was arraigned before Senior Magistrate Salau ME of the Oye Ekiti Magistrate Court on a lone count charge bordering on assault on a law enforcement officer, an offence under Section 187 of the Criminal Law of EKITI State 2021.

A statement by FRSC spokesman, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said the Magistrate, while giving his judgment, found the Defendant guilty as charged