Kano, Lagos, Abuja Top List Of 614,051 Arrested Traffic Offenders

This publication compiled information from the Federal Road Safety Corps that shows that as of 2023, 614,051 traffic offenders have been arrested nationwide.

The numbers were in a file our correspondent received on Friday.

Lagos State topped the list, according to the paper, with 61,882 traffic offenders nabbed. Following this are the Federal Capital Territory (43,682 traffic offenders arrested) and Kano (38,154).

A further breakdown in the document showed that Ogun recorded 37,948 arrested traffic offenders; Kaduna 31,472; Oyo, 31,447; Kwara, 28,277; Osun, 22, 565; Kogi, 22,377; Ondo, 17,798; Niger, 17,726; Delta, 16,741; Edo, 15,727; Rivers, 14,925; Benue, 14,030; Katsina, 14,023; Ekiti, 13,824; Yobe, 13,734; Plateau, 13,520; and Borno, 12,469.

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Others are Nasarawa, 12,414; Jigawa, 12,052; Cross River, 11,524; Bauchi, 10,027; Sokoto; 9,754; Zamfara, 9,608; Akwa-Ibom, 9,458; Adamawa, 8,873; Enugu, 7,217; Ebonyi, 6,550; Anambra, 6,746; Imo, 5,459; Taraba, 5,163; Gombe, 5,130; Kebbi, 3,952; Abia, 3,097; and Bayelsa, 2,683.

The document further revealed that the traffic offenders were arrested for 668,084 traffic offences ranging from speeding, seatbelt violation, use of phones while driving, overloading, and dangerous driving.

Also, the 2023 records revealed that 614,051 traffic offenders against 661,231 in 2022 representing a 7.1 percent decrease.

The Chief Executive Officer, Professional Driving and Safety Academy, Jide Owatunmise, who recently told this newspaper that there was a need for the FRSC to employ more technologies, including the installation of CCTV cameras “at the blind spots to capture traffic offenders.”