Traffic Offenders’ Trial: Teachers, Parents Decry Location Of Mobile Court In School

Parents and teachers in St Andrew Primary State School, Rumuwoji, Abali (Mile 1 Diobu), Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State, have expressed worry over the siting of mobile court to try offenders of road traffic laws in the school premises.
Our correspondent reports that a mobile court was located inside the school preemies by the Special Task force on Street Trading, illegal Motor Parks and Road Mechanics, with many seized vehicles also parked in the school premises.
Some parents who spoke to our correspondent said the location of mobile court in the school premises by the task force to try defaulting drivers consfitute the psyche of the school children.
Mrs Abigail Sunday who came to collect her two children at the close of school, last Monday, said “I don’t want anything to happen to my children because drivers are smart and horrible people that are ready to crush down anybody in a bid to escape when they offend the law.
‘’And parking those seized buses in the premises is another danger because most of the drivers are cultists, they may come with their group to retrieve their buses and who knows who will be a victim, mostly where children are, so you see it is a very bad influence”.
According to Mrs Juliet Chikwem, a teacher “this kind of thing may affect the children negatively because anything can happen.
There may be shooting or running and the children will be trapped. The worst is that not only impounded buses are parked in this premises, also items seized from street traders.
‘’You know, this kind of thing is not good for learning environment because it is diverting the attention of the pupils from their studies and pose a very big risk for us as teachers and parents, as well as the children. So, we are pleading with the task force to relocate their centre to another area to enable us have peace of mind”.
However the chairman of the task force, Hon Bright Amaewhule, in reaction to the complaint, by appealed for calm, saying they should be given sometime to look for an alternative place to relocate it.