Media personality, Mary Ikoku has lamented on social media after
men of the Federal Road Safety Corps impounded her car for using Google
maps.
Narrating the sad incident, Ikoku wrote:
"Wow! We still have a lot of surprises in this yulitide. Men of
the Federal Road Safety Corps have just impounded my car. Asked what's
my offence, they said, show me your phone and I turned my phone to him,
and the guy said you are under arrest for driving with the aid of Google
map on your mobile phones. Wawu!! I'm like seriously!! He said, madam
it is a serious traffic offence. I asked to see the team lead, their
team lead came and after hearing fro his collegue and me said, "the law
forbids motorists from using mobile phones in any form while driving, as
it can lead to accident". I can see you are using Google map on your
phone. Madam it is distractive so follow us to our office.
This is unbelievable!! You see ba, I have an emergency and have
requested for a ticket so I can deal with this later but they said No. I
must drive to their office. Well ladies and gentlemen, I've been given a
ticket of N4000 payable to Remita my offence is using GPS. They have my
car and my keys and my drivers license. When I'm done paying to remita
then I will be checked into national hospital for mental examination for
using GPS while driving. The real mad folks are those who believe is an
offence to drive with Google map. They called Google map a distraction.
So if you are driving in Abuja, ditch the GPS and drive on, get to
middle of the road stop and ask any road safety or traffic warder thus;
oga where is the direction to Apo, Asokoro or just any where you are
going. You don't need direction map. The worst kind of illiteracy is the
illiteracy of a government.
Please if you have an opportunity to live in a saner place, now
is the time to weigh your options and check out. A lot of things don't
make sense here."
Following the outcry stirred by the incident, she posted an update that read:
"Update on the Road Safety saga: The matter has been resolved
and my car has been released to me. God bless those who stepped in. Let
me use this time to thank everyone who made a call or two. Thank you for
not calling Nigeria a zoo out of provocation lol. Believe it, use of
phone while driving whether is for Google map or map Google is an
offence. The rebuttal from the corps marshal is there. Please read it
again and be guided."
See the update below:
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