Appeal Court affirms FRSC has legal powers to impound vehicles

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been granted authorization by the Court of Appeal, Calabar Division, to take away the car and penalise the reckless driver named Micheal Benson, Esq., from Akwa Ibom State.

Benson, the appellant and a lawyer in Uyo, was detained by FRSC agents in 2017 while they were on patrol for driving privilege, vehicle licence and tyre offences.

His Toyota saloon automobile, with the registration number KTS572, was seized by the operatives, and he was given a fine.

The appellant, however, dragged the FRSC to the Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo in a suit nos: HU/FHR. 21/2017 challenging its powers and right to impound his vehicle and called for the enforcement of his fundamental human right. He also demanded to be awarded a sum of N10 million as damages.

Justice Aniekan Akpan, the trial judge, denied the motion for lack of merit and added that the FRSC has the constitutional authority to seize vehicles and penalise any negligent drivers.

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