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  • Five dead, 10 injured in Edo auto crash

    Five dead, 10 injured in Edo auto crash

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons in a road traffic accident involving several vehicles on the Benin-Auchi road in Edo, on Saturday.

    Mr Bisi Kazeem, FRSC Public Education Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that 10 persons were injured in the incident that occurred at the Ewu slope area of the route.

    “The accident involved six vehicles, including two trailers, two Toyota buses and an Audi 80 car.

    “The crash was caused by a head-on collision and a total of 40 persons were involved,” he said.

    Kazeem said that the injured were taken to hospitals in nearby Auchi, Irrua and Agbede towns.

  • Police arrest three over mob attack on FRSC

    Police arrest three over mob attack on FRSC

    Three persons have been arrested in connection with a recent mob attack on a patrol team of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at Igbo-Ukwu, Anambra, the agency said.

    In a statement issued in Abuja, Spokesman’s of the FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said the suspects were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Anambra State Police Command.

    According to him, the three are suspected to be part of the mob that attacked the FRSC personnel after an offending commercial motorcyclist fell while trying to evade arrest by the team.

    Earlier, there was speculation on the Internet that the FRSC patrol team was mobbed for allegedly demanding bribe at Ichida also in Anambra.

    But Kazeem issued a statement, dismissing the rumour as not correct.

    “The true position is that an offending Okada man who sighted our personnel on normal patrol, suddenly turned to escape arrest and fell in the process.

    “His fall attracted sympathy from miscreants and other Okada men who then seized the opportunity to mob the personnel,” he said.

    Kazeem said efforts were being made to apprehend “the other miscreants and ‘Okada’ riders for prosecution”.

    Reacting to the arrests, Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, commended the Inspector-General of Police and the Police Command in Anambra for their prompt action.

    Oyeyemi enjoined them to fish out others at large for prosecution so as to serve as deterrent to potential offenders.

    “The Corps Marshal said the FRSC would continue to cooperate with other sister agencies in the discharge of its statutory
    duties.

    “He added that the Corps would no longer tolerate the harassment, assault and victimisation of its personnel on flimsy excuses and trivial issues,” Kazeem said.

     

  • Speed limiting device: FRSC records 30% compliance nationwide

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded 30-per cent compliance by commercial vehicles in the first 40 days of the full enforcement of its speed limiter policy nationwide.

    This is contained in the executive summary of the Speed Limiting Device (SLD) implementation report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.

    The report covers the 40-day period between Feb. 1, when the FRSC began full enforcement of the installation of SLD by commercial vehicles, and March 12.

    According to the report, out of 71,501 commercial vehicles checked within the period, 22,118 or 30 per cent were found to have installed the device.

    The report shows that 22,785 or 31 per cent of the vehicles were booked for not installing the device, while 26,602 representing 37 per cent were cautioned.

    It said a total of 177 commercial vehicle drivers appeared in mobile courts, and 7,630 vehicles impounded within the period under review.

    At the state level, 67 per cent compliance rate was recorded in Edo where 1,738 vehicles installed the device out of 2,587 that were checked.

    In the FCT, a total of 7,385 vehicles were checked out of which 3,646 were found with the device, representing a 49-per-cent success rate.

    According to the statistics, only 1,745 vehicles or 27 per cent complied with the policy in Lagos where a total of 6,296 were checked during the period under review.

    The FRSC began implementation of the speed limiter policy on Feb. 1 to address the issue of speed, blamed for 50 per cent of road accidents in the country.

    The Corps believes that controlling vehicle speed would cut road accidents by 50 per cent, in addition to reducing the impact of crashes when they occur.

    Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, said the decision to begin with commercial vehicles was informed by the fact that majority of Nigerians depend on them for transportation.

    Oyeyemi said 60 per cent of vehicles involved in accidents nationwide were commercial, resulting in the highest casualty figures compared to other categories of vehicles.

    Spokesman of the agency, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, said that the 30 per cent success rate recorded just within 40 days was an indication that the policy was on course.

    Kazeem told NAN in Abuja that the agency was determined not only to sustain the policy, but also to extend it to all categories of vehicles in due course.

    He solicited the continued cooperation of Nigerians with the Corps to prevent avoidable deaths through accidents on the nation’s roads.

     

  • Christmas: FRSC records 187 deaths in 289 crashes

    Christmas: FRSC records 187 deaths in 289 crashes

    The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Wednesday said it had recorded 187 deaths in 289 crashes during the last Christmas celebrations .

    Mr Bisi Kazeem, Head Media Relations and Strategy of the commission, disclosed this to newsmen in a statement.

    According to Kazeem, the crashes involved 2,185 people with 1,000 people injured, while 998 people were rescued alive .

    “ In the same vein, 9,619 offenders were arrested for 10,970 offences with 1,426 offenders arraigned in mobile courts.

    “1,292 people were convicted, while five were imprisoned and 129 of them discharged,”he said

    Kazeem said the Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi ,had commended the corps’ personnel for their level of commitment, and motorists for complying with traffic rules and regulations.

    He said the statistics was recorded during the assessment of traffic situation within the nine-day nationwide patrol along designated routes of the nation’s highways.

    Oyeyemi said that the massive deployment of personnel had produced positive outcome from the Lagos-Ibadan corridor to 9th Mile in Enugu.

    He said it also covered the Onitsha head bridge and Sagamu construction areas, Ondo round about, Ore and Asaba, among other corridors.(NAN)

  • Oyo accident caused by speed violation – FRSC

    Oyo accident caused by speed violation – FRSC

    The accident that killed eight school children and the driver in Oyo State on Tuesday was caused by speed violation, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Wednesday.

    A Toyota Hummer bus conveying the students from Lagos to Kano was involved in a lone accident at about 10:50am around Motunde area of Oyo State.

    According to the Head, Media and Strategy at the FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, the accident occurred at about 25.5km from Ojo.

    Kazeem said, “The accident was reported at 10:50am at Ibadan-Oyo route, Motunde area 25.5km from Ojo. It was a lone accident involving a white Toyota Hummer bus with registration number KN76-A13.

    “18 persons were involved in the fatal accident including four male adults, one adult female and 13 children.

    “The accident was caused by burst tyre and speed violation. Nine persons sustained injuries, which are four adult males, four male children and the adult female.

    “Eight children were killed and the driver later died in the hospital. The injured were taken to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, and the corpses were handed over to the police who took them to the General Hospital, Oyo.”

  • FRSC ‘still possess powers’ to fine traffic offenders

    The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Monday denied social media reports that a Federal High Court in Lagos has nullified its powers to issue fines, tickets and impound offenders’ vehicles.

    Speaking in Abuja, the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, said FRSC was aware of the post on social media questioning its powers to punish traffic offenders.

    He said, “The truth is that there is no recent judgment of the FHC Lagos on the Tope Alabi case as being circulated.

    “What happened was that one Barr. Tope Alabi challenged the powers of the FRSC to arrest him and impound his vehicle and make him pay fines for offences alleged.

    “The FHC presided over by Justice Tsoho held that FRSC had no such powers. This was in September 2014.

    “However, in a case on all fours with the Tope Alabi case earlier in March of same year,  the same Justice Tsoho in the case of Bren Williams and Anor v FRSC held that FRSC had statutory powers to issue notice of offence, arrest, and detain vehicles suspected to have been used to commit traffic offences.’’

     

     

  • FRSC deputy spokesman pledges to do more

    FRSC deputy spokesman pledges to do more

    Mr. Bisi Kazeem, the Deputy Corps Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), has pledged to do more in saving lives as an operative of the Commission.

    He made the pledge in an interview with journalists shortly after being decorated with his new rank of Corps Commandant.

    Kazeem was among 23 senior officers including four female recently promoted to corps commandant.

    He said, “I am very elated because to be promoted as Corps Commander is not something that is very easy, many were called but few were chosen. To whom much is given, much is expected; I want to pledge that with this, I would do more of my job.”

    Earlier, Mr. Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, represented by Deputy Corps Marshal Ayodeji Omidiji, urged the newly promoted officers to brace up to the challenges of their new rank.

    Kazeem was appointed the deputy spokesman of the Commission in 2009.

     

     

    Eighteen senior officers, including three Deputy Corps Marshals and 15 Assistant Corps Marshals who benefitted from the recent promotion were decorated with their new rank on Monday.