The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr David Babachir Lawal has hinted that James Elegbede, the driver of the Lexus SUV that killed the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Barrister James Ocholi and two members of his family along Abuja-Kaduna road on Sunday may be prosecuted.
The interim report of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC indicated that Elegbede was over speeding and had no driver's license
Lawal told State House correspondents after Wednesday's Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting that the final report on the accident would determine if the driver would be prosecuted.
“As to the issue of whether we would prosecute the driver, yes, Nigeria is not short of laws. The problem is that Nigerians find it very difficult to obey the laws.
“There is a speed limit in place and so if anybody chooses not to obey the traffic laws, of course, it is subject to prosecution by the agencies concerned. But as to this
particular incident, I think we will leave it until the final report of the investigation comes out.
“But, of course, as we say, accident is accident and nobody goes out deliberately to summersault and die, but as to allegations you claimed from the family, we are not aware and anybody who has anything to the contrary – that they didn’t die in an accident – is free to report to the law enforcement agencies who will appropriately take it up,” he said.
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