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.

The statement said: “But in view of the fact that Kazeem is a first-time offender, with dependants; and having also apologized to FRSC, was sentenced to one-month imprisonment or a fine of N5,000 in lieu of imprisonment.

“The offender was charged alongside Alhaji Dauda the 1st defendant who was presumed innocent, thereby discharged and acquitted.”

The matter which occurred on 22 April 2024 was first presented before His Worship on 09 May 2024 when the Defendant pleaded not guilty.

The case witnessed other subsequent appearances before it was finally adjourned on 14 October 2024 when the verdict was pronounced.

The statement added that the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Shehu Mohammed, commended the Judiciary for the quick dispensation of justice.

Court jails passenger for assaulting FRSC officers