Rufai Oseni, a host of Arise TV, was found guilty by a court of using the BRT lane while driving and ordered to pay the related fine.
According to information gathered by Within Nigeria, Oseni had admitted to driving in the BRT lane on Monday and rebuked police for pointing a gun at him while doing so.
He said his vehicle was forcibly taken from him and wondered why the enforcement wasn’t done with technology.
He tried to justify his action by saying he saw other motorists in the BRT lane who were not arrested, which shared his reason for entering the special lane.
Oseni was also involved in a scuffle with the cops when a viral video saw the angry Arise TV presenter address the police and say he would call the governor and call them “nonsense”.
Many Nigerians had harshly attacked him on Twitter for running on the BRT lane and showing arrogance over his action.
But police charged Oseni with violating the state’s traffic law in a mobile court on Tuesday.
Lagos State Police Command spokesman SP Benjamin Hundeyin said Oseni was in court earlier Tuesday and found guilty of violating the traffic law.
He said he was fined N70,000, which he paid before his vehicle was handed over to him.
Hundeyin tweeted: “UPDATE: Mr. Rufai Oseni was in court today. He was found guilty of violating the Lagos State Transportation Act (2018).
He was subsequently fined just 70,000 naira.
He made the payment and was given his vehicle.”
