FRSC Corps Marshal Directs Prosecution As Hit-and-run Drivers Kill 5 Personnel

Five officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) person been killed aft being knocked down by reckless drivers portion connected authoritative duties.

The 5 unit mislaid their lives successful this period of September astatine assorted work posts crossed the country.

Consequently, the corps marshal of FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, has directed that each motorists liable for these tragic incidents beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the instrumentality successful bid to service arsenic a deterrence against aboriginal occurrences.

FRSC spokesperson, Olusegun Ogungbemide, successful a connection connected Tuesday, said incidents happened crossed Ekiti Sector Command connected September 6, 2025; Ogun Sector Command connected September 8, 2025; Taraba Sector Command connected September 15, 2025; Jos By-Pass Unit Command, September 19, 2025, and Obollo Afor Unit Command, September 24, 2025.

He explained that “their deaths are not specified statistics, they correspond quality lives dedicated fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and breadwinners, chopped abbreviated successful the enactment of work portion safeguarding Nigerian roads.”

He further said: “gravely disturbed, the corps marshal noted with large interest the expanding hazards faced by FRSC operatives who, beyond being exposed to speeding vehicles, present besides contend with kidnapping, convulsive attacks, and targeted assaults.”

He stressed that the FRSC volition nary longer tolerate acts of recklessness that endanger its staff, informing that offenders volition beryllium made to look the afloat value of the law.

He called connected unit crossed formations nationwide to workout much level of alertness and guarantee their information is highly prioritised, noting that they needed to beryllium harmless and live to prevention others.

In enactment with this, the FRSC is intensifying engagements with applicable authorities connected the extortion of its unit and installations. This measure, helium emphasised, is not intended for aggression but arsenic a safeguard to deter assaults and guarantee that officers tin execute their duties without fear of attack.