By Isaiah Eka
Uyo, April 9, 2021 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akwa Ibom Command says it arrested 240 road traffic offenders during the 2021 Special Easter Patrol.
The Sector Commander, Mr Oga Ochi, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Uyo on Friday.
Ochi said that the arrests were made between April 1 and April 6 across the 31 Local Government Areas during the period under review.
He said that the offenders committed about 295 traffic offences, which include tyre violation, seatbelt violation and mechanically deficient vehicles among others.
The sector commander emphasised the need for safety for all road users, pedestrians, motorcyclists, tricycles operators and motorists of different categories of vehicles.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has insisted that in order to reduce the rate of death and injuries on the highways, there is a need on the part of the motoring public to exercise patience whenever they are driving.
It also advised all road users, whether drivers or motorcyclists to at all times comply with the prescribed speed limit as a way of ensuring safety on the road.
The Osun Sector Commander, Kudirat Ibrahim gave the advice in a chat with DAILY POST on the heels of the accidents that occurred on the Gbongan-Ibadan road, Osogbo last week.
Mrs. Ibrahim, while advocating for the application of ‘common sense’ speed limit when driving urged road users to always slow down considerably whenever they are approaching a town, market or U-turn because other road users and pedestrians also avail themselves of the roads.