Driver gets 4-month-jail term for “insulting FRSC officials” in Abuja

But he also has the option of a N20,000 fine.

An Abuja Grade 1 Area Court has sentenced a 32-year-old driver to four months imprisonment for abusing officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on duty at the Federal Housing area of Kubwa, Abuja.

Agu Passel of Gbazango, Kubwa, was convicted for the use of abusive language and inciting disturbance of public peace, offences contrary to sections 399 and 114 of the Penal Code.

The prosecutor, Babajide Olanipekun, had told the court that one DRC MS Umar, attached to the FRSC, Kubwa, on January 18, complained at the Kubwa police station that while he was at the FRSC office at Federal Housing, the accused acted in a violent manner.

He said the accused intentionally insulted the FRSC officials while they were performing their lawful duty by telling them that they were wearing a useless uniform, an act that caused a breach of public peace.

When the charges were read to the accused, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months imprisonment by the judge, Mohammed Marafa, with a fine option of N20,000..