FRSC Orders Prosecution Of Tricycle Operator Who Attacked Its Personnel In Edo

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday, condemned the attack on its personnel by a tricycle operator on Saturday, in Benin, Edo State.

The Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, has therefore, ordered the prosecution of the operator, warning that the corps would no longer spare offenders, who take “undue advantage” of unarmed personnel.

A viral video had surfaced on social media on Saturday, showing the operator, standing on the bonnet of the FRSC vehicle and charging at the personnel of the corps. Before long he went wild, stripped himself naked and attacked the officers, resulting in the officers hitting and beating him on the head repeatedly.

A statement issued by Bisi Kazeem,
Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, described the attack as “unruly, defiant and rebellious,” adding that it resulted into “an unprecedented degree of damage to both FRSC personnel detailed on patrol operations and the patrol vehicle.”

Kazeem said the tricycle rider was arrested in Benin, along Benin/Sapele road for driving against traffic.

He added that during the attack, the man tore the staff’s uniform and not only damaged the windscreen of the patrol car, but disfigured the bonnet and other body parts with mud and stone.

According to him, the corps is displeased at the “incessant abuse of its personnel and damage to its property across its formations nationwide by unruly people,” saying it would do everything within its legal strength to ensure that the act does not go without due punishment under the law.

The Corps Public Education Officer, wondered “why a section of the motoring public has continued to abuse unarmed personnel whose only fault is to ensure the safety of lives and property on the road?

“The Corps has therefore resolved never to condone such barbaric acts and damage to either its personnel or patrol vehicles any longer and is prepared to use this case to serve as a deterrent to others who are fond of molesting law enforcement agents.

“It is also disheartening  that a section  of the  motoring  public could criticize the Corps personnel  who in self defence, applied some commensurate force on the criminal  in question  in order to restrain him from further attack on the unarmed personnel and damage to the patrol vehicle.

“The motoring public is hereby warned to note that , though the FRSC is civil in nature and  discourages physical attack on offenders, this does not mean members of the  Corps should watch and allow physical damage on its property and personnel in the course of their legitimate duty.”

The statement however, conveyed the commendation of the Corps  Marshal, Oyeyemi to the “patriotic citizens that assisted in arresting the criminal and condemned his actions.”

It said the act shows that some Nigerians will always stand by the  truth.