6,127 Road Traffic Offenders Apprehended In Edo, Delta, Anambra

  
No fewer than 6,127 road traffic offenders were apprehended for violating 6,676 offences, while 766 drivers were convicted by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Edo, Delta and Anambra reports odogwuemekaodogwu.blogspot.com.

The FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer, Mr Nseobong Akpabio, told newsmen in Onitsha, Anambra on Monday that the statistics covered operations in the three states under FRSC Zone 5 for the month of September.

Akpabio gave the statistics after briefing FRSC officers and men while monitoring the ongoing Eid-el-Kabir Special Operations code-named ``Operation Push’’ along Benin–Onitsha Expressway.

``On the Zonal Command’s operations for the month of September 2014, our patrol team covered 63,072 Kilometers collectively by various patrol vehicles in Edo, Delta and Anambra States on all strategic road crash prone routes with the aim of reducing road traffic crashes.

``Also a total of 6,127 road traffic offenders were apprehended for violating 6,676 offences in September 2014.

``Within the same month, 827 road traffic offenders were arraigned before the mobile courts in Edo, Delta and Anambra States, 766 drivers were convicted; these included commercial, private and government drivers for various offences.

``61 drivers were discharged and acquitted,’’ he said.

He assured that more sustained enforcement would be carried out during this month with particular reference to the ongoing Eid-el-Kabir Special Patrol Operations period to further reduce the trend.

Akpabio, who is an Assistant Corps Marshal, advised motorists and other road users to be conscious of the hazards of the rainy season by using the roads with extra caution.

On the ``Operation Push’’, the zonal commander enjoined officers and men to redouble their efforts in ensuring safer motoring environment for road users especially during this Eid-el-Kabir celebrations and beyond.

He noted that regular and special marshals had been strategically deployed to effectively monitor all critical road corridors of the zone.

``Such road corridors include Asaba-Benin, Onitsha-Owerri, Benin-Auchi-Okene, Benin-Ore, Benin-Warri, Ontisha-Awka-Enugu etc to ensure free flow of traffic and arrest recalcitrant road traffic offenders.

``The operatives of the corps would focus its searchlights on offences, such as over-speeding, dangerous-driving, dangerous-overtaking, over-loading, use of Phone while driving, lane discipline among others.

``While any driver caught driving dangerously, driving under influence of alcohol/drugs, driving above speed limit prescribed for a particular road or those using phone and other offences would be arrested and prosecuted as the corps is working with judiciary in the three states,’’ Akpabio said.