Metro
Police arraigns man for alleged reckless driving in Lagos
Police on Monday arraigned a 43-year-old truck driver, Michael Irabor, at the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged reckless driving.
The police prosecutor, ASP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that the defendant drove a diesel truck with registration number XA592BUR in a reckless and negligent manner and injured a dispatch rider, Kingsley Okechukwu, along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Agege area of the state on July 18.
The offence, according to him, contravened Section 51(1) of Lagos State Road Traffic Laws, 2012.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
READ ALSO: Police probes shooting of Ebubeagu operative in Ebonyi
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. O. A. Ajibade, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.
Ajibade said the sureties must be gainfully employed and have evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State government.
She adjourned the case till September 8 for mention.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Torturous experiences of students with disabilities in Oyo tertiary institutions
For students with disabilities in Oyo state-owned tertiary institutions, learning is a torturous and distressing experience, considering the building structures...