- Halimah Olamide
The Federal Road Safety Corps has vowed to prosecute a driver who knocked down one of its officers in Kano.
The FRSC said that there is a worrying degree of knock down of its officials on Nigerian roads with many of the drivers absconding.
In a statement made available to the NPO Reports by Olusegun Ogungbemide, Acting Corps Education Marshall, he said it took the combined efforts of other security agencies to track down the driver.
The statement said the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed has directed a holistic investigation and immediate prosecution of the recalcitrant driver of the truck. “The vehicle, a Dangote Truck with registration number TAK 818 SB, was conveying salt from Dangote factory in Kano enroute Lagos State when he knocked down the Operative and absconded.
“It took the combined efforts of the Military, Police and FRSC patrol team to pursue and apprehend the driver who was at large.”
He said there have been an increase n recent times a number of personnel of the Corps have lost their lives as a result of assaults, knockdown and unprovoked attacks and the Corps Marshal has committed to ensuring that adequate justice is served.