The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has redeployed four deputy corps marshals, four assistant corps marshals and two corps commanders as part of efforts to achieve its 2014 strategic goal.
A statement yesterday in Abuja by the FRSC Corps Public Education Officer, Corps Commander Jonas Agwu, said the exercise also affected four assistant corps marshals and two corps commanders, “in partial fulfilment of the commission’s projection to achieve a 15 per cent reduction in road crashes and 25 per cent decrease in fatalities by the end of 2014.”
Details of the redeployment showed that Deputy Corps Marshal (DCM) Boboye Oyeyemi, formerly of the Operations Department, redeployed to the Motor Vehicle Administration Department.
Others include DCM Garba Danjuma, who moves to the Operations Department from the Motor Vehicle Administration Department.
It added that DCM Chidi Nwachukwu of Training, Standards and Certification swapped position with DCM Adei Abu of Administration and Human Resources Department.
The statement said Assistant Corps Marsha (ACM) Ademola Lawal, the zonal commanding officer, Lagos headquarters, is now in charge of the command’s Administration and Strategic Section, Operation Department, at the national headquarters.
The Zonal Commanding officer, Abuja Zonal Command Headquarters in Gwagwalada, ACM Austin Aipo, now takes charge of Operational Matters at the command’s administration and Strategy Section of the Operations Department.
The Zonal Commanding Officer, Yola, ACM Bitrus Darwang, according to the statement, is re-deployed to Bauchi as zonal commanding officer, while ACM Abubakar Ringim, at Bauchi, moves to Yola as Zonal Commanding Officer.