Corps Marshal Orders Step Up Of Patrol Operations And Strict Enforcement On Critical Offences

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The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye
Oyeyemi has ordered the immediate step up of patrol operations and also
directed commanding officers to ensure strict enforcement on critical offences
like overloading, rickety vehicles, removal of extra lights, and enforcement of
compliance on restriction of motorcycles and tricycles to their designated
routes.

In a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi
Kazeem, the Corps Marshal gave the directives following the imperatives of
sustaining existing efforts geared at achieving its year 2020 corporate
strategic goals of minimising the risk of death on the road by reducing road
traffic crashes by 15% and fatality by 20%.

He noted that the Corps is repositioning, strengthening, and
sustaining road safety programmes that are packaged to make our roads safe,
and, as such will not tolerate any form of bad driving habit, including
overloading of vehicles in persons and goods, fixing of extra lights on
vehicles, driving of Ricky vehicles, excessive smoke emission, and riding on
undesignated routes by motorcyclists and tricyclists.

This operation, according to the Corps Marshal has become
overly relevant owing to the fact that the identified critical offences are
major contributors of road traffic crashes with attendant loss of lives and
properties.

Because of this, the Federal Road Safety Corps is determined
and committed to this course and must ensure that it stops at nothing when it
comes to cleansing our roads of these ills. To this end, violators of traffic
laws must desist or face the wrath of the law.

Oyeyemi warned perpetrators of traffic offences to take a
new leave,  noting that the entire
management staff of the Corps will fully participate in this operation to show
how important it is to the Corps.

Kazeem also revealed that severe punishment awaits anyone
apprehended in the act, including referrals to designated government health
facilities for emotional evaluation, payment of fines and compulsory road
safety education.

The public is therefore called to assist the Corps by
reporting any of the stated offences sighted on the road to the spokesperson
through the FRSC Toll Free numbers 122 or tune into the National Traffic Radio
107.1FM to report same or any other contravention seen on the road.

The Station can also be reached through its Social Media
Handles as follows; WHATSAPP 08052997848, FACEBOOK TRAFFICRADIO 1, TWITTER
@TRAFFICRADIO 1, INSTAGRAM TRAFFICRADIO 1. Or Call the following numbers; GLO
08052998090, MTN 09067000015, and SMS on GLO 08052998012 and the FRSC toll free
emergency line 122.