FRSC denies assaulting pregnant woman in Akure

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has dismissed a report that its personnel kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach along Akure highway on Saturday.

The State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Ezekiel SonAllah, gave the clarification in a statement issued on Sunday in Akure, Ondo State capital.
The report shared on Twitter claimed that the woman bled after she was allegedly kicked by a road marshal on Saturday along the Akure highway.
But the sector commander said the woman was neither kicked nor manhandled as claimed.
He said that the vehicle she boarded was only forced to stop when the driver refused to obey the directive to stop and attempted to run over two marshals.
SonAllah also claimed that the vehicle was overloaded and the driver did not use a seat belt.
He said, “Immediately the vehicle stopped the passengers came out and started wailing, on getting there a particular woman alleged that she was hit, but nothing was wrong with the woman, no nose bleeding or any bleeding.”
He said when the woman insisted that she was in pain, the marshals took her to a nearby hospital.
The sector commander said, “It is not as people are painting it, rather it was Marshal Olamigoke who was injured on the ear.
“We had to call the Scorpion Squad of Nigeria Police to help calm the situation while the driver was arrested.
“We, therefore, notify the general public and well-meaning Nigerians that the information/news spreading through a Twitter handle @YemieFash about Federal Road Safety Officer in Akure kicking a woman on the stomach and blood was gushing out was fake and false!
“As no such incident nor a trace of it ever happened. We use this medium to pray to the general public to discountenance and disregard the rumour.
“We remain ever committed to maintaining a safer motoring environment as we go on to discharge our lawful duties.”