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THE Federal Road Safety Corps has commenced legal action against the erring tricycle rider, who was seen destroying FRSC patrol vehicle in a viral video recorded along Sapele road Benin, Edo state.
A statement by the FRSC said that the disciplinary panel constituted at the instance of the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, that conducted the investigation and trial of the 7 man patrol team involved in the incident beating the said tricycle rider recommended reduction in rank to the entire members of the team.
The case, which was filed with the charge number; MEV/177C/2020, was on 22 July, 2020 read before Magistrate E. Ojehumen at the Evbuoriaria Court 8 Magistrate Court, Sapele road, Benin.
During the proceedings, the presiding Magistrate handed over a two-count charge bordering on breach of public peace and malicious damage of FRSC Patrol Vehicle to the defendant who pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The council to the defendant eventually applied for bail which was granted, pending the fulfilment of the bail conditions as pronounced by his Lordship, and the case adjourned to 5 August, 2020 for further hearing.
Pursuant to the foregoing, the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, also directed the redeployment of the affected staff from their present Command. The reduction in rank was awarded as punishment to the team having been investigated, tried and found guilty of patrol misconduct, incivility, unprofessional, and unethical behaviour towards a traffic offender; an act that contradicts the operational ethics of the Corps.
While the Corps sustains its resolve to be firm in the maintenance of discipline within its services, the Corps Marshal wishes to use this medium to caution motorists to desist from such act of molestation because the Corps is not going to relent from prosecuting any one who abuses its personnel or damage any of its properties and installations nationwide. The ongoing prosecution of the erring rider is to say the least definitely going to serve as a big lesson to many who delight in abusing law enforcement agents.
In the same vein, the Corps Marshal has also warned personnel to deploy maximum level of civility in arresting offenders as the management of the Corps would continue in its steadfastness towards ensuring that its personnel exhibit the highest level of civility, professionalism and ethical values while relating with the public.
It recalled that the tricycle rider who was arrested in Benin, along Benin/Sapele road on Thursday, 16 July, 2020 for driving against traffic, went berserk at the point of arrest, stripped himself naked, and started throwing obstacles on both personnel and the patrol vehicle and at some point, even dragged the patrol operatives in uniform. The attack saw him tear the staff’s uniform and not only damaged the windscreen of the patrol car, but disfigured the bonnet and other body parts with mud and stone. Provocatively, the men physical assaulted the offender in return which many people condemned.
– Aug. 3, 2020 @ 9:35 GMT |
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