In a bid to roll out their Usual Traffic Management measures and to ensure road is safer for all during and after the annual Easter Celebration,The Lagos State Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Assistant Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide, has said about 3,500 of the Corps' Personnel have been deployed to Lagos roads to help control traffic during the Easter celebration.
He
said FRSC would commence the Easter patrol on March 31 to ensure free
flow of traffic across the state roads during the celebration and
beyond.
"We
have more than 1, 500 Regular Officers deployed already for this Easter
exercise and 2,000 Special Marshal to control traffic and they have
been well distributed.“Lagos FRSC has about 12 units and five outpost,
well distributed to our four corridors, such as Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,
Badagry-Seme, Lagos-Abeokuta Road and Ikorodu-Epe-Ijebu.
“We
have our operative deployed to all the above mentioned corridors to
provide sanity and it will be 24 hour surveillance intelligence-driven
exercise.“26 patrol vehicles and three ambulances were also deployed
and stationed at various places, two motorbikes and other rescue
equipment and tow trucks are also on ground,” CC Ogunbemide said.
He
cautioned motorists against driving rickety vehicles, adding that there
would be Mobile Court available to attend to any infraction during the
period.
CC
Ogunbemide said FRSC would be working with other security agencies to
ensure the state was free from any form of criminality, adding that his
officers would be on the look out for those driving dangerously, lane
indiscipline, road violation, use of mobile phones while driving, seat
belts violators, rickety vehicles and none compliance to Covid-19
Protocols.
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