Assault: New FRSC Corps Marshal vows to prosecute erring drivers

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed, has condemned the unprovoked attacks and molestation of operatives of the corps on the highways, vowing to prosecute drivers.

The FRSC Corps Marshal said this during his maiden address to the staff on Wednesday in Abuja.

Mohammed said that FRSC remained the nation’s lead agency on road traffic administration and safety management empowered to arrest and prosecute erring motorists.

According to him, the founding fathers worked tirelessly to entrench the ideals embedded in the corps, thereby creating a solid legacy, which needed to be brought back to life.

“This will be to mitigate what we are experiencing today such as mob actions, staff knockdown, insults and assaults on our personnel while on duty, among others.

“The worst is knocking down our patrol operatives, which is unacceptable,” he said.

Mohammed said that such actions would no longer be tolerated.

He said that his predecessor, Dauda Ali-Biu, initiated a partnership with Nigerian Bar Association, promising to build on it to continue to prosecute erring drivers involved in such act.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of Mohammed as the Corps Marshal and Chief Executive Officer of FRSC on May 20.

Mohammed was the Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO) in charge of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Niger.