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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday warned motorists against reckless driving during the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
Mr Segun Afolayan, the NEMA Head of Operations in the states of Ekiti, Osun and Ondo, gave the warning in Ado-Ekiti at the launch of “Operation Eagle Eye’’ to sensitise road users on the need to embrace safety measures during the Yuletide.
According to him, most accidents on Nigerian roads are avoidable, as such all efforts must be sustained toward reducing injuries and death on roads.
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By Stanley Nwanosike
Enugu, Dec. 22, 2020 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it has deployed 1250 personnel and 33 patrol vehicles for its “Operation Zero” duties in Enugu State during the festive seasons of Christmas and New Year.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Enugu State, Mr Kalu Ogbonnaya told newsmen in Enugu on Tuesday that the 1250 personnel consists of 1,020 Regular Marshals and 230 Special Marshals.
Ogbonnaya said that the FRSC Sector Command had also deployed 33 vehicles, which included; 30 patrol vehicles, two ambulances and one heavy duty tow truck for the exercise.
He also said that the command had two extricating machines to cut through vehicles to release trapped occupants of vehicles in road crashes.
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Two persons have been confirmed dead in an auto accident involving two vehicles along Ile-Ife, Gbogan expressway, Osun State.
The fatal accident, on Tuesday morning, involved a white Toyota Haice bus and a white and blue bus with registration number FKJ746DU and FKJ634XW respectively.
It was gathered that 23 male adults were involved in the accident while two persons sustained injury and two others lost their lives.
The spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Osun, Agnes Ogungbemi, said the accident occurred around 3 am on Tuesday.
Ogungbemi disclosed that the corpses were deposited at Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH) in Ife, morgue.