Thirty six motorists have been subjected to compulsory psychiatric test in Abuja for breaking traffic rules.
Police Command in the nation’s capital, in collaboration with officers of the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services, apprehended the offenders and subjected them to psychiatric evaluation at the Karu Psychiatric Hospital.
A statement yesterday by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, through its Deputy Director/Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Hazat Sule, said the action was sequel to the directive of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, to the Police Command to arrest any driver that beats traffic light and subject such offenders to immediate psychiatric evaluation.
All the drivers so far arrested and conveyed in ambulances to the hospital for the tests have been certified by doctors to be medically fit, the statement said.
“Those arrested have been made to face the consequences of their actions as they have been made to pay fine to serve as a deterrent after bearing the cost of the psychiatric test,” the statement added.
It noted that the offenders were also made to attend a compulsory three-day lecture at the headquarters of the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services on the importance of complying with traffic signs and road markings.
The statement said further that the exercise, which began six days ago would continue to bring traffic offenders to book and enforce traffic discipline in the city.
It would be recalled that former Lagos State Governor and current Minister of Power, Housing and Works, Babatunde Fashola, introduced the test when he was in the saddle between 2007 and 2015.
He recently called for inclusion of community service with psychiatric evaluation of erring drivers at a public hearing on a bill seeking to amend the Federal Road Safety Commission Bill 2007.
Community service, he said, would further help reduce road crashes and make punishment for traffic offences go beyond fines and jail.
Police Command in the nation’s capital, in collaboration with officers of the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services, apprehended the offenders and subjected them to psychiatric evaluation at the Karu Psychiatric Hospital.
A statement yesterday by the Federal Capital Territory Administration, through its Deputy Director/Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Hazat Sule, said the action was sequel to the directive of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, to the Police Command to arrest any driver that beats traffic light and subject such offenders to immediate psychiatric evaluation.
All the drivers so far arrested and conveyed in ambulances to the hospital for the tests have been certified by doctors to be medically fit, the statement said.
“Those arrested have been made to face the consequences of their actions as they have been made to pay fine to serve as a deterrent after bearing the cost of the psychiatric test,” the statement added.
It noted that the offenders were also made to attend a compulsory three-day lecture at the headquarters of the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services on the importance of complying with traffic signs and road markings.
The statement said further that the exercise, which began six days ago would continue to bring traffic offenders to book and enforce traffic discipline in the city.
It would be recalled that former Lagos State Governor and current Minister of Power, Housing and Works, Babatunde Fashola, introduced the test when he was in the saddle between 2007 and 2015.
He recently called for inclusion of community service with psychiatric evaluation of erring drivers at a public hearing on a bill seeking to amend the Federal Road Safety Commission Bill 2007.
Community service, he said, would further help reduce road crashes and make punishment for traffic offences go beyond fines and jail.
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