The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has established over 200 mobile court across the nation to address traffic offences during the Easter special patrol operations.
Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed disclosed this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Wednesday, in Abuja.
Mohammed disclosed that the mobile courts were set u
p to ensure a safe and smooth 2025 Easter celebration nationwide from Thursday, April 17 to April 23.
He also revealed that the Corps has set up a Situation Room at its national headquarters to effectively monitor national activities and ensure prompt responses by collating and processing information for dissemination to relevant commands and stakeholders as needed.
He added that the corps would carry out aggressive enforcement, including conducting over 200 mobile court operations, to check various offences.
Among them, the Corps Marshal listed, speeding and dangerous driving, overtaking, lane indiscipline/route violation, road obstructions, use of a phone while driving, overloading, and seatbelt/child restraint use violations as parts of the offences to address by the corps.
“Also included are passenger manifest violations, operation of mechanically deficient and rickety vehicles, latching and twist-lock violations, among others,” he said.
Mohammed also directed the commanding officers to liaise with other strategic stakeholders within their operational areas to secure the needed morale, logistics, and security support.
The FRSC Corps Marshal identified some of the stakeholders as military formations, the Nigeria Police, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Immigration Service, and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
“Others are the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing; National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA); State Traffic Management Agencies.
“Also, state-owned NGOs; ambulance service providers; National Network on Emergency Rescue Services (NNES); Federal Road Maintenance Agencies and Federal Fire Service,” he added.
Mohammed expressed optimism about the corps’ overall preparedness for the special operations, believing that Nigerians would continue to cooperate with its personnel and security agencies.
He also noted that volunteers would help with traffic management.
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