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February 5, 2021
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered full enforcement of COVID-19 health protection regulations as directed by the Federal Government.
Oyeyemi gave the order while addressing the FRSC high command on Road Traffic Crashes and facilities on Friday in Abuja.
He said there was urgent need to protect the health and well-being of all Nigerians, noting that the COVID-19 Health Protection regulations 2021 affected members of the Corps in their individual capacities and were expected to comply as may be required of them.
The FRSC boss said it was expected of the Corps, as a law enforcement and regulatory agency of government, to enforce some specifics of the regulations.
Four die, 43 injured in auto crash along Oyo-Ogbomoso expressway
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A lone accident involving an articulated vehicle has claimed four lives, leaving 43 others seriously injured on Oyo-Ogbomoso expressway.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo State, Mrs. Uche Chukwurah, confirmed the incident in an interview with newsmen in Ibadan, NAN reports.
Chukwurah said four people died while 43 others sustained varying degrees of injury.
She said the articulated vehicle, which was carrying both human beings and animals, fell into a deep pothole while on motion and veered off the road into the bush.
According to her, a total number of 62 people were affected in the accident that occurred around Sekona area on Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway while 16 of them were rescued alive.
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4 killed, 43 injured in road accident in southwestern Nigeria
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hospitalized following a single-vehicle road accident in Nigeria’s
southwestern state of Oyo on Wednesday, a government agency said.
The accident occurred along the Oyo-Ogbomosho highway, as a truck carrying
both humans and animals fell into a deep pothole while in motion, and veered
off the road into a bush, the country’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) told
reporters in Ibadan, capital city of Oyo.
A total of 15 passengers were rescued unhurt, said Uche Chukwurah, state
commander for the FRSC, adding that police have launched an investigation
into the accident.
and reckless driving, are frequently reported in Nigeria.
Daily Post Nigeria
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The Police Command in Katsina State said it has killed three suspected bandits attacking villages in Danmusa Local Government Area.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Sanusi Buba, made this known to newsmen in Katsina on Wednesday, NAN reports.
Buba said that no fewer than 50 bandits recently attacked Unguwar-bera and Tashar-Mangoro villages in Danmusa Local Government Area.
According to him, a team of policemen ambushed the bandits at a spot in-between Mara and Tashar-Gajere villages and recovered two AK-47 rifles with 15 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition.
“We got a distress call that bandits were attacking the two villages, they shot sporadically to have their way, but were subdued by the gallantry and firepower of our personnel.