THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has opened an operational office at Ifo, Ogun, to check the excesses of motorists plying the Abeokuta-Ifo-Sango highway.

Mr Joshua Ibitomi, FRSC, Ifo Unit Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota on Tuesday that the establishment of the new unit was also to check avoidable cases of road crashes in the axis.

Ibitomi said the new FRSC office located at the Ifo Local Government Secretariat commenced operations on Jan. 28, and that it would work with other sister agencies to ensure sanity in Ifo and its environs.

He also said there was the need to make visible, the presence of the FRSC patrol teams on highways in the area to curb the reckless driving.

“We also observed that some motorists in Ifo and its environs always drive against the traffic which had resulted to loss of many innocent lives,” the unit commander said.

Ibitomi added that it was necessary to enforce traffic rules and regulations because of the attitude of some commercial drivers who often stop indiscriminately on the highway to pick passengers, thereby obstructing the traffic.

He said that such obstructions on the highway had also resulted in several road crashes. (NAN)

– Feb. 26, 2019 @ 18:25 GMT |