The Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has condemned the
unprovoked attacks and molestation of operatives of the Federal Road Safety
Corps (FRSC) on the highways and vowed to prosecute all those involved,
declaring that enough is enough, reports ITRealms.
Speaking through the Corps Public Education Officer at FRSC,
Bisi Kazeem, Corps Marshal said this has become pertinent on the heels of the
recent shooting of two FRSC staff and the detention of another in a Police
facility in Abia State.
“Many road users are abusing the civility of the unarmed
personnel that are trained to be cautious while discharging their legitimate
duties. In the past, many FRSC operatives had been abducted, killed, assaulted,
ran over, threatened and shot. It is also disheartening that some of the
attackers misinformed the unsuspecting public by releasing manipulated
information to gain public sympathy. Attempts are often made to make the aggressors
looked like the victims," Oyeyemi said.
Also, the Corps Marshal said the FRSC remains the nation’s
lead agency on road traffic administration and safety management empowered to
arrest and prosecute erring motorists. Stressing that, “Section 10 (4) of the
FRSC (Establishment) Act, 2007 states categorically that members of the Corps
shall have powers to arrest and prosecute persons reasonably suspected to have
committed any traffic offence. Resistance based on ignorance of the law or
impunity can no longer be grounds to attack operatives carrying out their
lawful duties. We will definitely not abdicate our statutory
responsibilities."
He recalled that the Abia incident which occurred on
Saturday, July 15, 2017, saw his men being shot at.
According to FRSC Corps Marshal, “While we commend the Abia
State Police Commissioner for swiftly directing the arrest and orderly room
trial of the Policemen who shot the FRSC staff at Aro Ngwa along the Enugu –
Port Harcourt expressway last Saturday, the Corps is deeply saddened by the
shooting. It is also greatly concerned that the two young men were abandoned
with their gun wounds by the Policemen attached to the wife of the Speaker,
Abia State House of Assembly who shot them. Obviously, they were left to die at
the scene by these Policemen who are also employees of government.”
He expressed thanks to the road users that assisted the two
injured and abandoned staff to the hospital, and hopeful the two victims, still
undergoing treatment will not suffer life-threatening injuries.
Ayo Midele/GEE
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