Hit-and-run Drivers Kill 5 FRSC Officials In September

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 officials mislaid their lives successful September 2025 astatine assorted work posts crossed the country.
In enactment with this, the corps marshal, Shehu Mohammed, has directed that each motorists liable for these tragic incidents beryllium prosecuted to the fullest grade of the law, to service arsenic a deterrent against aboriginal occurrences.

FRSC spokesperson, Olusegun Ogungbemide, said these knockdowns happened crossed the pursuing formations: 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 connected September 19, 2025; and Obollo Afor Unit Command connected September 24, 2025.

He explained that “their deaths are not specified statistics, they correspond quality lives of 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 recklessness that endangers 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 a higher level of alertness and guarantee their information is highly prioritised, noting that they request to beryllium harmless and live to prevention others.

In enactment with this, the corps is intensifying engagements with applicable authorities to support 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 fearfulness of attack.