The Federal Road Safety Corps says the corps is embarking on the end of the year sensitisation of the public to the causes of road accidents in a more pragmatic approach for efficiency.
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Hyginus Omeje, the Lagos State Sector Commander of FRSC, warned in Lagos that the corps would randomly pick vehicles for inspection during the ‘Operation Restore Sanity on Lagos Roads/Operation Velvet’.
The Federal Road Safety Corps said on Monday that a suspected stolen vehicle was recovered by its patrol team during its operations at Ilemija, on the Ibeju-Epe expressway.
Tagged: “Operation Restore Sanity On Lagos Roads/Operation Velvet,” the police said it would henceforth impound the cars of defaulting drivers and arraign them immediately in a Mobile Court that will be attached to the joint service team to enable quick dispensation of justice to erring motorists.
FRSC’s Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, and said that the transport company was expected to report at the Corps’ headquarters.
The Nigerian Insurance Association on Tuesday called for effective implementation of sanctions on vehicles plying highways without valid insurance cover.
Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, expressed the corps’ condolences when he visited the scene of the accident which occurred at about 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday.
The Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this at the 2018 National Safety Training Programme for Petroleum Tanker Drivers in Lagos.
Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, who confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, said the accident happened around 12.15 p. m.
The FRSC said that in a report signed by the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, and made available to News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Thursday.
The Sector Commander, Anthony Oko, made the disclosure on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin.
The event marking the beginning of the 11th edition of the campaign was held at Nigerian Breweries, Iganmu on October 4, 2018.
A state high court sitting in Birnin Kebbi has sentenced to death one Usman Aliyu, who carelessly knocked down Road Marshal Assistant, Muhammad Babangida, a personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps to death.
Presenting the items to the victim’s relations on Thursday, Pat Emeordi, the sector Commander in the state, said the action was part of its tradition as safety agency.
This is contained in a statement signed by the agency’s Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday.
Emeordi told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos that applicants resident in the north-central state were being screened, irrespective of their states of origin.
The Muslim Rights Concern has faulted the Federal Road Safety Corps over its ongoing recruitment, for which applicants were requested to appear in white shorts, white round neck T-shirts, canvass and socks.
The Corps believes that controlling vehicle speed would cut road accidents by 50 per cent, in addition to reducing the impact of crashes when they occur.
The unit commander, Fatai Bakare, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday.
The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise being conducted by the Federal Road Safety Corps was disrupted for hours in Lokoja on Tuesday when one of the applicants collapsed suddenly and died.