The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reaffirmed its stance on prohibiting two passengers occupying the front seat of commercial vehicles throughout Nigeria.

The FRSC Public Education Officer (CPEO), Mr. Bisi Kazeem, made this known on Friday, February 28th, 2020 in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

Kazeem said that FRSC was still tasked with enforcing compliance on all traffic laws, adding that it would not compromise safety on the Nigerian roads and would go to any length to achieve its objective.

According to him, the law regarding vehicular overloading is crystal clear, and the FRSC is sustaining existing efforts to make sure that the law is obeyed at all times by motorists.

The operational arm of Corps is effecting arrest on daily basis, but one thing you should know is that most of these offenders already know and avoid the areas where our patrol teams operates.

But we are on top of this like we have been on any other challenge that militates against safety on our roads and I assure you that perpetrators are been arrested at all times,

he said.

On the security situation in the country, Kazeem said that FRSC was prepared to minimize the rising cases of kidnapping in the country, considering the recent wave of kidnapping on the Nigerian highways.

He added that the FRSC being a paramilitary outfit within the geographical sphere of Nigeria, was aware of the saddening insecurity in the country.

I am happy to inform you that the Corps are tactical, highly proactive and will always play its role by providing intelligence to relevant security agencies.

We believe that the collaborative efforts of our combined security apparatus will definitely overcome every form of insecurity that bedevils us in recent times.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.