Oyo arrests 25 drivers over violation of traffic rules

The Oyo State government on Sunday said it has arrested no fewer than twenty-five drivers over violation of traffic rules.

It announced that it has resolved to prosecute the twenty-five offenders caught driving under the influence of alcohol.

Chairman, Oyo State Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), Akin Fagbemi who announced this, posited that the arrest of the drunk-drivers was in tandem with the mandate of the Authority in its continuous bid to curb avoidable road crashes occasioned by the reckless driving culture of drunk drivers of both commercial and private vehicles.

He maintained that the State has lately announced its resolve to conduct alcohol breath test on any driver that violates traffic regulations, especially during the ember months, to control the rate of road carnage.

Fagbemi said, “Between 2000hours-2300hours of Friday, 27th December 2019 only, we impounded about five trailers and three cars whose drivers were either caught drinking alcohol while driving or driving while already drunk along the Ring-Road, Iwo-Road, Moniya and Ogbomoso axis of the State.

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