No plan to enforce traffic laws using Shari’a – FRSC

No plan to enforce traffic laws using Shari’a – FRSC 

…Sector commander face sanctions over suggestion

Bauchi State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, is set to face a disciplinary panel for advocating the application of Sharia (Islamic law) in punishing traffic law offenders.

Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dauda Biu, has dissociated the FRSC from the suggestion that the corps could introduce Shari’a to reinforce the enforcement of traffic laws among motorists.

He immediately ordered the Bauchi sector commander to report to the national headquarters Abuja, for necessary administrative action.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday morning by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem.

The statement is titled ‘FRSC does not seek introduction of Sharia law in the enforcement of traffic regulations’.

It read in part, “The Federal Road Safety Corps wishes to dissociate itself from a baseless and unfounded opinion currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia law to complement existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of offenders.

“The public is to note that the entire statement does not in anyway, reflect the position of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

“The Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, has recalled with immediate effect, the Sector Commander to the National Headquarters Abuja, for necessary administrative action because the Sector Commander through the quoted statements has breached the FRSC regulations and the Standard Operating Procedures

“Without any reservation, it is key to inform the general public that the Federal Road Safety Corps is a government agency with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria and sensitive to the country’s multi-religious as well as heterogeneous ethnic composition.”

It stressed that the FRSC is neither a religious nor a sectional organisation.

“Our lead agency role is shielded in our strict compliance with established regulations duly passed by the National Assembly. As such, the public is humbly called to disregard the entire content of the opinion,” it stated.

No plan to enforce traffic laws using Shari’a – FRSC