Appeal Court Affirms VIOs Can’t Impound Vehicles, Impose Fines
ABUJA – The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier judgment banning the Vehicle Inspection Office (VIO) from enforcing traffic laws on Nigerian roads. It said VIOs have no legal power to stop, impound vehicles, or impose fines on motorists on public highways. Recall that Justice Nkeonye Evelyn Maha of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, had in a judgment delivered on October 2, 2024, in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1695/2023, held that the VIO was not empowered under an...





