Danladi Baba, a driver, who
killed Festus Iyayi, former national president of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), in a road crash has been sentenced to seven years
imprisonment without an option of fine.
Iyayi, a winner of the
Commonwealth prize for literature, was killed in 2013.
In a statement on Friday, Bisi
Kazeem, spokesman, of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), said Baba was
sentenced in a magistrate court in Lokoja, Kogi state.
Kazeem quoted U. Hussain, the
magistrate, as lamenting the rate of recklessness on the country’s roads.
He said reckless road users would
face the law.
The spokesman said Boboye
Oyeyemi, corps marshal, commended the judiciary for ensuring that families of
victims of road crashes get justice.
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