Appeal Court Affirms VIOs Can’t Impound Vehicles, Impose Fines

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...
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