FRSC Denies Plan To Impound Dangote Vehicles But Warns Against Night Travel

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has said that it has not banned Dangote trucks and motorists from embarking on night journeys.   

A statement by the Corps’ Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem said this in reaction to reports that the Corps stopped the vehicles from plying the roads in the country at night.

Kazeem said the FRSC never announced that it will stop Dangote vehicles from plying roads from 7:00 p.m to 7:00 a.m. It was advisory.

He said, “FRSC did not say Dangote vehicles shall be impounded after 7:00 p.m.

“The commission never said so. We were quoted out of context that we will impound their vehicles.

“We usually have safety meetings with Dangote group and others

“One of such meetings was held on Tuesday where far-reaching decisions were made and nothing was said that we were going to impound their vehicles.”

Kazeem explained that the FRSC did not have powers to impound vehicles at night saying that there was no law that said that the commission could restrict vehicles.

He further said that what the commission could do was to only highlight dangers of night journey.

Earlier on, the Corps had tasked the group on prompt removal of broken-down vehicles.

The FRSC also urged them to intensify efforts towards achieving professionalism in the recruitment, training and certification of its drivers.

Kazeem quoted the Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi as directing that all Dangote trucks be fully installed with Speed Limiting Device before Dec. 31.

“Dangote to provide details of any driver who commits traffic infraction to FRSC for subjection to Emotional Stability Test

“The Company to provide details of any driver who runs away after a crash to FRSC for flagging on the database so as to track such drivers.

“Foreign number plates on the company’s trucks to be replaced with Nigeria Number Plates before December 31.”