Today friday,an Ikorodu Magistrate Court in Lagos stat,sentenced two drivers to 60 hours of community service for obstructing road traffic and reckless driving on Ikorodu highway.The Magistrate Mrs A.B Olagbegi,sentenced the drivers after they had pleaded guilty to a two count charge of traffic offence.The convicts,54 year old Musiliu Akanji and 32 year old Ibukun Oyewole who reside at Ikorodu Garage area of Ikorodu,allegedly drove their vehicles recklessly on the highway without regard for other road users.The convicts were immediately given cutlasses to cut the overgrown grasses within the court premises.Earlier,the defendants counsel,Mr Adebowale Aromolaran,had pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy,saying that his client had told the court the truth.Prosecutor Mary Ajiteru had told the court that the convicts drove their buses recklessly and parked dangerously on the highway.They both committed the offences on October 29 on Ikorodu township highways and the offences contravened section 45 and 18 {1} of the Road Traffic Laws of Lagos state.One more photo below. 
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