By Ismail Auwal
A High Court sitting in Kano will on February 7, deliver judgment on the suit filed by one Bello Basi and eight others against the Kano Road and Traffic Agency (KAROTA).
The suit was filed by the plaintiffs challenging the agency’s rights to arrest and convict motorcycle owners for carrying other persons on personal ground.
After nearly a year of hearing arguments from counsels representing both parties in the suit, the trial judge, Nasiru Saminu, has scheduled his final judgment to be delivered on Monday.
SAHELIAN TIMES gathered that Karota officials had, in 2021, arrested the nine plaintiffs for carrying other people on their motorcycles.
In an interview with SAHELIAN TIMES, one of the plaintiffs, Bello Basi, stated that they have been in court for nearly a year and have not relented on their efforts.
“We filed a suit to seek interpretation on whether it is within the agency’s authority to arrest anyone simply because he was carrying someone on his motorcycle,” he explained.
According to a court document obtained by SAHELAIN TIMES, a High Court sitting in Ungoggo has ordered that the agency to refrain from arresting or fining “motorcyclists who carry another person other than for commercial purposes” until September 2020.
