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In Nigeria, laws are weak with the strong, and strong with the weak. The political elites are the major violators of traffic laws. They move around with their convoys and armed escorts. They have little respect for other road users. But vehicles of βcommon peopleβ are auctioned.
The law that empowers auctioning of vehicles of traffic offenders in Lagos State is draconian. I agree that traffic violators, especially in a State like Lagos, should be punished. It is however extreme to go as far as auctioning vehicles. It is not the vehicle that drove itself.
The vehicle is not the offender. If such punishment is to exist in our laws, it would have been more tolerable if it were limited to cases where accidents leading to fatalities occurs as a result of driving against traffic. The Lagos State Government should review this law.
Fines, jail terms and community service are punitive measures that should be imposed on traffic offenders, depending on the nature of the offense. We should not create more problems while trying to solve a particular problem. This measure can led people into committing crimes.
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