WATCH THE VIDEO HERE An Abuja resident, Salimon Abiodun, has filed a lawsuit against the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) and its chairman over the unlawful arrest and confiscation of his vehicle. Abiodun, through his counsel Qousim A. Opakunle, Esq., is seeking the interpretation of the bye-laws governing the council, which he argues were wrongly applied in his case. The originating summons, filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja Judicial Division, contests the confiscation of Abiodun’s private vehicle, a Toyota with Chassis Number 5TDZA23C75S264195, registered under private plate number KWL-63CE. Abiodun claims the council’s actions violated his fundamental right to own property, describing the arrest and confiscation as unlawful and oppressive. Two key legal questions are raised in the suit: whether the Abuja Municipal Area Council byelaws, specifically the Commercial Vehicles Picking Up Passengers Byelaw (No. 3) 2012 (as amended), require private vehicle owners to pay fees for ticketing, and whether the Regulation of Mobile Advertisement Byelaw (No. 6) 2012 (as amended) mandates payment for mobile advertisement fees for private vehicles. Abiodun argues that these provisions do not apply to his vehicle, and the actions of the AMAC officials were unjustified. In his claim, Abiodun seeks several reliefs, including:
AMAC Byelaw Interpretation Challenged As Resident Files Suit Over Unlawful Vehicle Seizure
