By Okosun Dennis
The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has called on the Nigerian State Houses of Assembly to make laws that would prosecute traffic offenders who “intentionally and willfully violate traffic rules as criminals rather than mere traffic offences.”
According to him, explained that so many lives have been lost to road crashes due to recklessness, and carelessness by motorists on our highways.
In a statement on Sunday, the image maker of the Nigerian Police noted that “In most road accidents or crashes claim numerous lives on a daily basis because of our recklessness, carelessness, and lawlessness on our highways. Many violate traffic rules and cause avoidable and unwarranted deaths.
“If you drive against traffic and cause deaths, such should not just be treated as a traffic offence but as a capital criminal offence of murder.
If one refuses to obey the traffic light (robot) and causes deaths, it should be a capital offence (murder case) and not a mere traffic offence.
“It’s obvious that many are reckless and cause havoc on our highways because they know they may only be charged for traffic offences, which is simple, and not murder as the case may be.”
He further explained that “Once you drive recklessly and cause deaths on the highway, you should be charged with murder, not manslaughter, since it’s intentional. This will reduce, to a certain level, recklessness, and gross violation of traffic rules on our highways,” CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi reiterated.
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