Monrovia – The Monrovia Visitors Courtroom has discovered former Solicitor Common of Liberia, Cllr. Syrenius Cephus, responsible of working a automobile with expired registration paperwork and and not using a seen rear license plate.
By Victoria G. Wesseh, [email protected]
The ruling follows a Might 10, 2025, visitors cease on tenth Avenue in Sinkor, throughout which Police Inspector Ben Johnson cited Cephus for violations of Liberia’s Automobile and Visitors Legislation.
The automobile in query bore license plate quantity A58327 and Automobile Identification Quantity (VIN) KNALM4158BCA060358.
Delivering the decision, Visitors Courtroom Decide Korser Zubah acknowledged that the automobile had no legitimate registration as of midnight on April 24, 2025. This constitutes a direct violation of Part 3.7 of the Automobile and Visitors Legislation.
Decide Zubah ordered Cephus to pay a US$50 tremendous inside 72 hours, as stipulated on the visitors ticket. The court docket additionally dominated that Cephus should current the cost receipt earlier than his driver’s license will be returned.
Cephus had challenged the quotation, claiming it contradicted Part 3.93 of the visitors regulation and suggesting the cease was politically motivated.
“The police are hungry, can’t you see? He seems hungry,” Cephus informed reporters, implying that the enforcement was extra about private harassment than authorized compliance. He stated the incident occurred whereas he was en path to an vital assembly.
Police Inspector Johnson, nevertheless, defended the motion, stating that the cease was a part of routine enforcement geared toward making certain all motorists adjust to visitors legal guidelines. He emphasised that registration violations stay a key focus of ongoing operations.
In clarifying the authorized framework, Decide Zubah famous that Liberia’s Automobile and Visitors Legislation grants a one-month grace interval for automobile homeowners to resume their registration after expiration with out penalty.
He harassed that registration cycles run from January to December, with homeowners anticipated to replace paperwork by January 31 of the next 12 months.
“Failure to conform leads to fines as set by the Ministry of Transport,” Decide Zubah added, calling for strict adherence to visitors rules throughout all segments of the inhabitants, together with public officers.
The case comes amid heightened enforcement efforts by the Liberia Nationwide Police concentrating on visitors regulation violations nationwide, together with amongst former authorities officers and lawmakers.
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