The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Tuesday
decried the killing of its officers on the field by drivers.
Mr Bisi Kazeem, who spoke on behalf of the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, said that
henceforth any driver found to be responsible for the death of FRSC officers
would be brought to book.
“The deaths of the corps are becoming a reoccurring
issue that needs to be checked.
“We lost three officers of the corps in Talata Mafara
and a special marshal in Sagamu last week to hit and run drivers; the two
culprits were later caught.”
Oyeyemi expressed worry about the deaths of marshals,
especially by hit and run drivers, adding that the incidence was getting more
frequent.
He said that henceforth, any culprit would be
prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
He also said that the corps was re-strategizing and
deploying its senior officers to coach marshals on patrol ethics and ways to
avoid such occurrences.
The corps marshal said that FRSC management was already
looking into changing the corps’ patrol tactics so as not to be susceptible to
such accidents in the future.
He urged the officers and marshals not to relent
in their efforts to achieve the FRSC mandate noting that such accidents could
occur occasionally in the course of the job.
Oyeyemi said that the FRSC was already in discussions
with government officials to proffer ways to tackle such incidences and protect
the lives of officers on the field.
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