A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos has restrained the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) from arresting vehicles with faded number plates.
Justice Akintayo Aluko made the order on Friday and also restricted the FRSC from imposing any fine or punishment on any drivers for driving with a faded vehicle plate number.
The court made the orders while delivering judgment in a suit filed by a legal practitioner, Chinwike Chamberlain Ezebube against the FRSC.
Ezebube asked the court to determine the issues he raised in his favour.
He also urged the court to make among others, restrict the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), from declaring it an offence for the Plaintiff to drive with a faded vehicle number plate.
Delivering judgment on the suit, Justice Aluko held that “While Defendant cannot criminalize the use of faded vehicle number plates, Plaintiff has a duty to approach Defendant for a replacement of his faded vehicle number plate upon payment of the requisite fees for that purpose.
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