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33 FRSC officials, one other arrested over highway extortion On By Soni Daniel No fewer than 33 officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission have been arrested by a combined team of Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, Department of State Services and the Federal Road Safety Commission. The arrests, which also included a civilian, was jointed conducted under an operation codenamed “Operation Tranquility V” to rid the agency of bad eggs whose extortion of motorists on the nation’s highways has given the establishment a bad image. The Spokesman for the ICPC, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, sa...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adelani Adepegba, Abuja Published 13 March 2021 The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arrested 33 Federal Road Safety Corps officials and a civilian for allegedly extorting money from motorists on highways across the country. In a joint operation code-named, Operation Tranquility V comprising officers of ICPC, Department of State Services and the FRSC, raids were carried out simultaneously in five locations nationwide. According to a statement on Friday by the ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua, titled, ‘Again, ICPC leads arrest ...

In its continuing effort to tackle both petty and grand corruption in Nigeria, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has once again led the arrest of 33 Federal Road Safety Corps officials and a fifth man who is a civilian for allegedly extorting money from motorists on highways across the country. In a joint operation, code-named Operation Tranquility V, comprising officers of ICPC, Department of State Services (DSS) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), raids were carried out simultaneously recently in five locations nationwide which yielded the ...