Appeal Court rules 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.