Resume road patrol, FRSC boss orders personnel

Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered all personnel of the organisation to immediately resume all operational activities at its formations across the country.

He spoke through a statement obtained via WhatsApp even as he mourns the victims of the fatal crash that occurred in Enugu State.

Oyeyemi had earlier ordered the suspension of all enforcement activities of the FRSC as a result of the #EndSARS protests.

The statement from the Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said the corps marshal gave the order in a memo to commanding officers.

This, he said, followed the urgent need to keep the roads safe, enforce maximum compliance to road traffic regulations and safety guides, as well as, to forestall incidents of crashes and fatalities on the highways.

According to him, irrespective of the incessant attacks that led to the burning, looting, arson and damaging of the FRSC property in various locations occasioned by the #EndSars protest, the corps is still deeply committed to the full realisation of its corporate mandate.

He maintained that the corps would not be dissuaded from carrying out its humanitarian work of keeping the roads safe, even amidst the risks to lives and property of personnel.

While boosting the morale of the entire workforce, Oyeyemi assured the personnel that everything humanly possible must be done to safeguard the lives and properties and those of family members of staff as well as all FRSC facilities through close liaison with other security agencies.

While mourning the victims of the unfortunate road traffic crash in Enugu, the corps marshal confirmed that out of the 56 people involved in the Enugu road traffic crash, 21 persons lost their lives.

He said the crash which occurred on Wednesday 28th October, 2020, involved a Mercedes Benz bus (ENU 811 KU) conveying schoolchildren and a flatbed Mark truck (KPP 247 XA). The crash was caused by a brake failure.

The corps marshal said he saddened by this ugly development and that the FRSC was ready to put all within its operational might to ensure that such fatalities would be averted on the nation’s roads.

And one of the key strategies towards achieving this is the full deployment of personnel and increased visibility of patrol teams on the highways, according to Oyeyemi.