Desist From Extorting Road Users, FRSC Warns Officers

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned men and officers of the corps to desist from extorting money from road users or risk being dismissed from the service.

Mr Olumide Olagunju, the Zonal Commanding Officer of the corps in charge of Oyo, Ondo and Osun states, gave the warning while speaking at the 2018 First Quarter Retreat organised by Ondo State Command on Friday in Owo.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the retreat was: ”Towards Developing A More Effective Enforcement Initiative in Reducing Road Traffics Crashes”.

Olagunju said that the corps had zero tolerance for indiscipline and corruption, adding:”we have put an internal mechanism in place to curtail it.”

“One of the organisations that has zero tolerance for corruption is the FRSC. We do a lot of internal sorting of the ”eggs” we have.

“We have the good eggs and the bad eggs. We have a lot of surveillance activities where whoever is caught and proven to have extorted, will have his or her appointment terminated.

“Some may end up with review of their rank, and where the head of the patrol team has not performed well, he may lose his rank or be demoted.”

The zonal commanding officer appealed to motorists to obey traffic rules and regulations and urged members of the public to support the corps in stamping out corruption on the road by reporting erring officers to the nearest command.

“If you are on the road and our men are trying to extort you, give us a report of what the officer has done and be ready to defend whatever allegations you have come up with.

“When our men extort, it means the other person has agreed to terms of extortion. We should shun this from our own mindset and stop giving bribe to any officer or operatives on the road.”