Umar Muhammed and Olaleye Aluko The Federal Road Safety Corps, Nasarawa State Command, has said about six persons lost their lives, while 111 persons were arrested for allegedly committing various traffic offences during patrols in the state. The sector commandant of the FRSC, Mrs. Faustina Alegbe, said this on Tuesday in an interview with the […]
Umar Muhammed and Olaleye Aluko
The Federal Road Safety Corps, Nasarawa State Command, has said about six persons lost their lives, while 111 persons were arrested for allegedly committing various traffic offences during patrols in the state.
The sector commandant of the FRSC, Mrs. Faustina Alegbe, said this on Tuesday in an interview with the Northern City News in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital.
She said the command also arrested about 122 persons for allegedly driving recklessly and for neglecting traffic rules during the Easter patrol in the state.
According to her, about nine road traffic crashes were recorded involving about 62 persons.
She, however, revealed that during the period under review, a total of 21 persons sustained varying degree of injuries.
The FRSC boss added that 27 casualties were recorded between April 13 and 18.
Meanwhile, the FRSC in Abuja has warned miscreants against the act of vandalising or removing road signs or face the wrath of the law.
The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, said this while declaring a two-week support training for FRSC officials at the National Hospital in Abuja.
A statement by the Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, said Oyeyemi noted that some recalcitrant drivers also flagrantly disobeyed traffic rules and regulations, and undermined the road signs, knocking down FRSC officials in the process.
He vowed that due process would be followed to ensure that the perpetrators of the dastardly acts were brought to book and punished in line with the law of the land to serve as deterrence to others.
He said, “We also warn against acts of vandalism of traffic signs by some hoodlums either through defacing with posters or total removal of the signs, thereby denying drivers of the opportunity of being guided. This has increased the road traffic crashes at such places where vital information provided by such signs could have assisted the drivers in taking appropriate actions to avert crashes.
“We call for public support to avert negative practices against the FRSC personnel and destruction of road infrastructure in the collective efforts to restore sanity on our roads.”
Oyeyemi added that the training of FRSC officials was sponsored by the Safe Corridor Project of the Federal Roads Development Programme of the World Bank, adding that the training was in continuation of the capacity building initiatives.
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