The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has ordered an immediate investigation into alleged bribe-taking by some patrol operatives of the corps.
The Corps Marshal issued the directive in response to a report alleging corrupt practices by some corps operatives.
He has also ordered the immediate recall of the entire patrol team mentioned in the report for a thorough investigation and necessary sanction.
According to a statement by FRSC spokesman, Assistant Corps Marshal Olusegun Ogungbemide, the FRSC is an organisation that upholds standards at all times, with established procedures to check indiscipline, corruption, and patrol misconducts.
He said if found guilty, the operatives will face “severe disciplinary action, including dismissal and prosecution where necessary.”
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Ogungbemide explained that the Corps’ management has always taken a proactive approach to combating corruption, never tolerating corrupt elements within the system.
He said: “Over the years, the leadership of the Corps consistently demonstrated zero tolerance to corruption through a detailed anti-corruption policy and implementation process, dynamic and result-oriented operational activities and continuous monitoring and evaluation of established.
“To this end, any operative arrested for any criminal offence, including extortion, shall not only be tried internally, disengaged, but handed over to the Police for prosecution where necessary.
“This demonstration of zero tolerance to bribery and corruption led to the continual reorganization of the internal surveillance system to enable it cope with the guidelines of the Corps’ maintenance of discipline which is highly instrumental to the termination of the appointment of many of the Operatives of the Corps found guilty of bribery and corruption, while others face prosecution in the law court.”