Bus Rapid Transit,(BRT) Driver Arraigned For Reckless Driving

A Bus Rapid Transit Driver (BRT),Yusuf Adewale, who allegedly drove in a reckless manner that resulted in the death of one man, has been arraigned before a Lagos Chief Magistrates’Court, in Surulere.

Adewale, who resides in No 25, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Otta, Ogun State, was charged  with two counts of reckless driving and manslaughter by the police.

Adewale, however, pleaded not guilty.

The prosecution counsel, Insp Adewale Sodiq, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 18, along Funsho Williams Avenue by Albati Barracks inwards Ojuelegba, Lagos.

Insp Sodiq, alleged that the defendant recklessly drove a BRT bus with registration number: EKY 569 XY and caused the death of a pedestrian.

The offence, he said, contravened the provisions of sections 18 and 20 of the Road Traffic Law of Lagos State, 2012.

Magistrate Oluwatoyin Otitoju admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N500, 000, with two responsible sureties in like sum.

She ordered the prosecutor to send the case file to the State Department of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.

The case has been adjourned till April 22.