FRSC To Appeal Court Ruling Banning Its Operatives From State Roads
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will appeal the ruling of a court banning its operatives from state and local government roads.
An appeal court sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, ruled that the agency is only empowered by law to operate on federal roads.
However, the appellate court issued the order while ruling on an appeal filed by FRSC to challenge the January 25, 2019 judgement of a Federal High Court, Asaba.
Meanwhile, Justice Nwite in his 2019 ruling in an application filed by a Warri based lawyer Darlington Ehikim, ordered FRSC to vacate roads belonging to states and local governments.
Also, the appelate court upheld the Federal High Court’s judgement and awarded a N10 million cost against FRSC in favour of the lawyer.
FRSC Corps Marshall, Dauda Biu, says the agency would go to court to stay the execution of the court’s order.
The Corps Marshall said they are yet to obtain a certified true copy of the judgement.
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Recall that the Court of Appeal in Asaba, Delta State, on Monday, upheld the judgment of a lower court banning the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) from operating on state and local roads in the country.
More so, Federal High Court in the state had, in 2019, held that the FRSC has no legal right to operate or carry out any activity on roads belonging to states and local government areas.
Darlington Ehikim, a lawyer and member of the Nigerian Bar Association in Delta State, filed the case against the FRSC, Thisday newspaper reported.
The trial court had in its judgment restrained the commission from operating on roads other than federal highways and also awarded a cost of N10 million against the commission.
Dissatisfied with the judgment, the FRSC challenged the high court’s decision at the Court of Appeal.
Ruling on the matter on Monday, the judge, E. Nwite, dismissed the commission’s appeal and upheld the trial court decision.
The judgment restricts the commission to only federal roads in different parts of the country.
