By Charles Tawiah
Nkawie (Ash) Sept. 15, GNA – Mr Robert Addo, the Nkawie Circuit Court Judge, has warned tricycle (Pragya) riders against breaking road traffic rules and regulations.
He said it was important for them to obey traffic regulations since they could get custodial sentences if they offended the road traffic regulations.
Mr. Addo gave the warning after sentencing three riders to a total fine of GHS 1,500.00, for offending three traffic regulations at Nkawie.
He said the riders sometimes have in mind that they were going to pay fines in court and go back home after being charged for offending traffic rules and therefore, remain recalcitrant to regulations.
This, he said, was not the case since they could be given custodial sentences as prescribed by law, hence the need for them to obey their operational rules to sustain their peace, work and livelihoods.
The three convicts were Arafat Ali, who was fined GHS 300.00 over the charge of driving without number plates, and would serve 30-day jail-term in default of the fine.
Samuel Awuni and Issahaku Fumpoli were fined GHS 600.00 each, over the charges of driving without licenses and insurance and would serve a total of 13 months imprisonment in default of the fine.
Police Inspector Kwaku Frimpong prosecuting, told the court that complainants in the cases were officers from the Nkawie Divisional Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service.
He said, on September 14, 2026, between 0830 and 0900 hours, the officers were on their official patrol duties to ensure sanity within the Nkawie community.
The three who were riding Pragya motors were stopped, and the offences against them were detected after careful inspections on them and their vehicles.
They were subsequently arrested, processed, charged and brought before the court.
GNA
Edited by Kwabia Owusu-Mensah/Benjamin Mensah