From Vincent Amenuveve, Tamale.
TWO persons, Evans Duku and Mohammed Abdulai, have been fined GH¢300 each by the Tamale District Court for various road traffic offences.
In default, they would serve up to six months imprisonment in hard labour.
They pleaded guilty to the charges of parking at unauthorised place, riding on cycle tracks, unlicensed rider, failure to obtain valid road worthiness certificate and use of uninsured motorbike.
In the case of Duku, a taxi driver, the prosecution told the court, Presided over by Mr Gabriel Mate-Teye, that on July 16, 2009, at about 8:25 a.m. the Northern Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Angwubutoge Awuni, intercepted Duku’s taxi cab for obstructing other road users as he had parked and was picking passengers at a spot where a “NO PARKING” sign had been erected.
Duku was arrested and charged with parking at an unauthorised place.
Abdulai, a motor rider, was however, charged with four counts of riding in cycle tracks, failure to obtain valid road worthy certificate and use of uninsured motorbike.
He pleaded not guilty on all the counts.
The prosecution told the court that on July 15, 2009 at about 3:05 p.m., police personnel from the Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service led by its Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Nana Kumi, were on patrol duties when Abdulai was nabbed for riding his motorbike in the bicycle lane thereby, obstructing the cyclists and the pedestrians.
The prosecution said investigations further revealed that the motorbike was not covered by both insurance and road worthy certificates. He also failed to produce a license for the motor.
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