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  • 19 killed in Oyo-Ogbomoso road crash – FRSC

    19 killed in Oyo-Ogbomoso road crash – FRSC

    At least, 19 people died in a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) along Oyo-Ogbomoso Road in Oyo on Sunday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said.

    Mr Jonas Agwu, Corps Public Education Officer, (CPEO), who is an Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), confirmed this in a statement in Abuja.

    Agwu said that the crash involved two vehicles, a Toyota Hiace Bus registered as NTT52ZY, loaded from Ibadan en route Sokoto, and a Toyota Corolla saloon car.

    He said that the crash, which occurred at about 07:45 a.m was due to route violation, referred to in local parlance as ‘One Way’.

    He also said that the act was a traffic violation that resulted in a head-on collision and fire outbreak.

    According to him, the report revealed that the crash, which was caused by route violation involved 20 people all male adults.

    “Of this number, 19 persons were killed , while the only surviving victim was rescued by FRSC operatives with injuries.

    “FRSC rescue team that conducted the rescue operations have taken the injured victim to Opabode hospital in Oyo, for emergency medical attention.

    “The dead bodies have been deposited at Oyo General Hospital morgue,” he said.

    Agwu quoted the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu,  as calling on the motoring public to avoid all incidences that could lead to road traffic crashes.

    He also directed sector  commanders to step up patrol operations, to address the menace of route violation on the nation’s highways.

  • FRSC alerts job seekers to recruitment scam

    FRSC alerts job seekers to recruitment scam

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it is not recruiting and has cautioned potential job seekers against falling victims to scammers.

    The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Mr Jonas Agwu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.

    Agwu said that the clarification became necessary following desperate efforts by alleged fraudsters to scam unsuspecting job seekers or their sponsors.

    According to him, the attention of the Corps has been drawn to a publication by online platforms, misinforming the public about an ongoing recruitment of personnel into the services of the Corps.

    “This medium is to let the public know that the Corps is currently not recruiting neither is there any ongoing arrangement to that effect.

    “The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali-Biu, wishes to admonish applicants seeking to join the services of the Corps, as well as the general public, to disregard the fake and misleading publications.

    “The public is by this publication warned to desist from any form of engagement with the purported scammers and purveyors of that misinformation as the Corps will not be liable should anyone fall victim,“ he said.

  • Eid el-Fitr: FRSC deploys 470 personnel in Delta

    Eid el-Fitr: FRSC deploys 470 personnel in Delta

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Delta has deployed 470 officers, men and special marshals to ensure hitch free and quality travel time on  highways in the state during the Eid-el-Fitr celebration.

    The Delta FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Bassey Eshiet, who said this in an interview on Monday in Asaba, disclosed that special patrol operations will run from Monday to April 13.

    He said that to enhance visibility, 13 patrol vehicles, two ambulances and one tow truck had  been deployed to facilitate effective smooth operations.

    “The objective of the special patrol is to enhance the command’s visibility on  highways in the state,  through early deployment of personnel and logistics to ensure reduction in accidents,  fatalities and injuries.

    “Strict enforcement of road traffic laws and regulations, prompt rescue and response to distress calls, speedy removal of obstructions from the highways among others.

    “The marshals will ensure safe, smooth vehicular movement, traffic control as well give prompt attention to victims of road traffic crashes within the festive period,” he said.

    He said the enforcement targeted for the Eid-el-fitr special patrol included speeding and dangerous driving/overtaking, lane indiscipline/route violation, and road obstructions.

    “Use of phone while driving, overloading, seatbelt/child restraint use violations, passenger’s manifest violation, operating with mechanical deficient and rickety vehicles.

    “Latching and twist-locks of containers violations, and illegal use of the spy number and other unauthorised number plates and trucks carrying goods with passengers.

    The sector commander wished the general public a happy and accident-free eid-el-fitr celebration.

  • FRSC vows to continue clampdown on trailers loaded with humans

    FRSC vows to continue clampdown on trailers loaded with humans

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says its operations against trailers loaded with passengers and goods would continue across the country until the situation is under control.

    The Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali-Biu, made this known during a Sallah mega rally at Zuba Central Motor Park on Saturday in Abuja.

    “We have made significant arrests since the beginning of the Joint Inter-Agency Task Force (JTF) operations. We will not relent until road traffic crashes is reduced to the barest minimum,” he said.

    The FRSC boss, represented by Deputy Corps Marshal in charge of Operations, Shehu Zaki,
    appealed to transport union leaders to support the FRSC in bringing sanity to highways.

    He said that the corps was working with the Nigeria Bar Association and state judiciaries to prosecute offenders on the spot.

    Earlier, Mr Muta’a Chorrie, the FCT Sector Commander, urged passengers to avoid boarding overloaded vehicles and report any act of indiscipline by drivers.

    Chorrie said that the mega rally was to educate drivers and passengers on the dangers of overloading, speeding, lane indiscipline, use of phone while driving and drunk driving, among others.

    Alhaji Umar Abubakar, FCT Deputy Chairman of Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners, said they had suspended not less than 10 members for overloading and other traffic offences in the last three months.

    He pledged the association’s support in making roads safer for economic activities in the country.

    The representatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Civil Defence and other security agencies promised to assist the FRSC during the Special Sallah operation.

    So far, the JTF established by the corps marshal had apprehended 35 trailers carrying 982 passengers between March 23 and March 30.

    Out of the number, 19 of the trailers conveying 810 passengers with goods were apprehended on Abuja-Kaduna expressway, and 16 trailers conveying 172 passengers on Bauchi-Maiduguri highway.

  • Don’t blame evil spirits for road crashes – FRSC boss

    Don’t blame evil spirits for road crashes – FRSC boss

    Mr Dauda Ali-Biu, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs), were not caused by spiritual manipulations or ay other form of evil spirits.

    “The crashes are caused by physical errors; there’s nothing spiritual about them,” Ali-Biu said at the Flag-off of the 2024 Sallah mega motor park rally on Saturday in Abuja.

    He said that the rally had become particularly imperative in view of the envisioned increase in vehicular and human movement across the country as the festive period gathers momentum.

    The FRSC boss was represented by Mr Shehu Zaki, the FRSC Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) in charge of operations.

    He said that the Corps was working assiduously to ensure a significant shift in the attitude of motorists in the year 2024.

    “Nigerians must be aware that frequent cases of road crashes on our roads cannot be linked to any spirit killing people.

    “There is an increase in human and vehicular movement, bad driving and impatience. These are the major causes,” he said.

    Ali-Biu said that drinking and driving, overloading of vehicles, worn-out tyres, overloading, lane indiscipline, speeding, wrongful overtaking, among others, pose a threat to the life of the driver, passengers and property,

    “Such bad driving behaviours also hurt road infrastructure which cost a lot of tax payers’ resources to build.

    “As part of efforts to deal with these challenges, the Corps came up with the idea of taking the message of safety down to all of us at the Motor Parks early, in view of the critical role union officials play on the roads.

    “This also serves as a prelude to massive deployment of personnel and logistics to the highways, particularly at the black spots, to contain the perennial traffic gridlock and the accompanying hazards,” he said.

  • Truck crushes 2 to death in Ondo

    Truck crushes 2 to death in Ondo

    A truck laden with sand on Saturday crushed two persons to death at Idi-Mango area along Ore-Okitipupa road in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

    Mrs Yetunde Adesina, the Ore Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to NAN.

    Adesina said that the accident involved a Mark truck with registration number RBC 05 XL and a Haojue Red Suzuki motorcycle with registration number GBA 254 QA.

    She disclosed that two yet-to-be identified persons died in the accident.

    “According to eyewitness, the commercial motorcycle which the victims boarded, manoeuvred wrongly and the deceased fell off as the truck rammed on them.

    “The deceased (two males) bodies have been taken to the Ore General Hospital morgue,” she said.

    Adesina warned commercial motorcyclists against recklessness and wrongful overtaking.

    The driver of the truck fled the scene of the accident, while the truck has been taken to the Ore Divisional Police headquarters.

     

  • Three vehicles collide on Third Mainland Bridge

    Three vehicles collide on Third Mainland Bridge

    The Lagos Sector  of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has again called for safe driving, especially on the newly reopened Third Mainland Bridge, after an accident occurred on it on Thursday.

    A collision involving three vehicles occurred on the bridge on Thursday, the day it was fully reopened to traffic after months of partial closure.

    The FRSC described the incident, which involved three vehicles inward Iyana Oworo axis of the bridge, as an avoidable crash, and blamed it on negligence.

    The Sector Commander, Mr Babatunde Farinloye, told NAN on Friday in Lagos that the people that were installing an information device did not properly place the caution sign to alert others on the work they were doing.

    “The vehicles coming were not concentrating, and this is connected with the attitude of drivers.

    ”Driving needs 100 per cent concentration, as with lack of concentration, there is bound to be crash.

    “There was no injury, it was just minor damage of vehicle.

    “The first one hit the vehicle that was parked on the speed lane and the second one rammed into that one,” he said.

    The sector commander advised motorists to drive cautiously, reiterating the need to comply with the 80km per hour speed limit on the bridge.

    “FRSC Lagos admonishes motorists not to exceed speed limit because speed indeed thrills but kills.

    “Motorists are to obey traffic regulations and rules in order to ensure their safety and that of other road users,” he said.

    He stressed the need for motorist and the general public to use the FRSC Emergency toll free number 122 and National Emergency toll free number 121, in case of crash or any other occurrences that pose as threat to their safety and security.

    He reemphasised FRSC’s commitment to ensuring a safe motoring environment for all and prompt service delivery in case of any emergency.

    “Speeding, aggressive, and distractive driving, as well as driving under influence, remain critical issues that must be collectively addressed,” he said.

    He thanked the Federal Government and the  Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, for the rehabilitation work on the bridge, saying it would guarantee quality travel time.

  • Truck kills female pedestrian in Onitsha

    Truck kills female pedestrian in Onitsha

    A female pedestrian has been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck along Onitsha-Asaba Bridge Head, Anambra, on Thursday.

    Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), confirmed the incident to newsmen in Awka, on Friday.

    He said: “The crash involved an articulated Mercedes Benz vehicle with registration number NKE 25 LG.

    “Eyewitness reports reaching us indicated that the vehicle had a brake failure and rammed into people along the road.

    “Two persons were injured and a female pedestrian was killed.

    “FRSC rescue team rushed the injured victims to Toronto hospital in Onitsha and deposited the body of the dead at the hospital morgue,” he said.

    While condoling with the family of the dead, Irelewuyi advised motorists to ensure regular maintenance of their vehicles to ascertain when it is suitable to ply the road.

    He also urged motorists to adhere to traffic rules.

  • We’ll impound vehicles transporting human beings with animals – FRSC

    We’ll impound vehicles transporting human beings with animals – FRSC

    The Ogun Command of  the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will impound any vehicle found carrying human beings together with animals.

    Mr Anthony Uga, FRSC Sector Commander Ogun, disclosed this to NAN on Friday in Ota, Ogun.

    Uga said the warning became necessary due to the ways drivers now transported human beings together with animals regardless of the obvious consequences.

    The sector commander said that the practice resulted to road accident fatality.

    He said the FRSC had met with animal dealers at Kara area on Lagos-Ibadan expressway to enlighten them on the dangers.

    Uga said that findings by the FRSC showed that most drivers violated the rule without the knowledge of the owners of animals they were transporting, adding that anybody caught would be penalised.

    “Anybody caught will be punished and his vehicle impounded,” he said.

  • FRSC sends strong message to car owners on speed limit device

    FRSC sends strong message to car owners on speed limit device

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Ogun on Wednesday in Abeokuta said the use of speed limit device is compulsory for both commercial and private vehicles.

    Mr Anthony Uga, FRSC’s Sector Commander in Ogun, said during the command’s 2024 first quarter workshop that this would be a means of reducing road crashes in the country.

    He spoke at the workshop on the theme “Aggressive Public Enlightenment on the merits of Speed Limit Device Installation in all Vehicles as a Panacea to Stemming RTC in Ogun”.

    Uga noted that speeding caused over 90 per cent of road traffic crashes (RTCs) in the state.

    ”The speed limit device has come to stay because the device has saved many lives,” he said, urging motorists to comply with the speed limit device policy.

    The Sector Commander disclosed that the FRSC would be embarking on aggressive enforcement on the use of speed limit device.

    “Only accredited vendors from FRSC is allowed to install speed limit device in vehicles.

    “The vendors are listed on FRSC websites. Speed limit device does not damage vehicles because it does not have any connection with the engine.

    “Any speed beyond 100 kilometres per hour (km/h) is not allowed. At FRSC, we are re-engineering our activities to meet the challenges of road safety.

    “We are ready to partner and work with transport unions in order to ensure all vehicles are installed with speed limit devices,” he added.

    Uga further stated  that the FRSC would continue to ensure safety on the highways, and urged motorists to always obey traffic rules and regulations.

    Earlier, Alhaji Jamiu Popoola, representing Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), noted that the speed limit device enforcement should not be for commercial vehicles alone.

    He explained that the union was ready to support the FRSC in achieving the objectives and reasons for the installation of speed limit device in commercial vehicles.