FRSC To Hospitals : Reject Accident Victims & Be Charged To Court

The FRSC has said henceforth any hospital that rejects accident victims would have its Chief Medical Director arrested and charged to court.

The Federal Road Safety Corps  has disclosed that henceforth, any hospital that rejects accident victims  would have its Chief Medical Director arrested and charged to court, with a fine of N50,000 or jailed for one year.


This is just as the Nigerian Navy yesterday told its men and officers to comply with the new traffic law in Lagos State, threatening that violation of the law was tantamount to double jeopardy for any erring personnel.

Flag Officer  Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ameen Ikioda, gave the advice  during an awareness seminar on the new traffic Law, at the Western Naval command, Apapa..

The seminar he explained, was  borne out of the need to for personnel of the command to be conversant with the new traffic law and the danger of violating them, as well as to create a civil-military relationship.

Represented by the Command’s Operation’s Officer, Commodore Henry Babalola, the FOC  enjoined the personnel to subordinate themselves to civil authority,  reminding them that the day they were enlisted into the Military, they signed  away their liberty.

He however, called on the need for the amendment of  some of the stipulated fines in the law, saying it was not proportional to the offense committed.

Addressing senior officers and personnel of the Nigerian Navy during the  awareness seminar, the Lagos state  Sector Commander of  the Federal Road Safety Corps,  Corp Commander Nsebong Akpabi, disclosed that so far, the Corps had over 3 Million traffic offenders in its database, enjoining the personnel to key into the new law, reminding that road crashes don’t discriminate the personality of individual  plying the road.

He stated  that any traffic offender who had up to twenty points from the Corps data, would have his particulars seized and consequent be disallowed from driving in any part of the country.

Also speaking, the Chief Vehicle Inspector Officer for Lagos, Mr. Adebayo Olusoji explained  that the fine stipulated by the Lagos state government in the new  traffic law was not aimed at punishing Lagosians but rather, to ensure they adhere strict to the rules.