The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the arrest of a man who claimed to be an FRSC official but was detained last Friday by Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State for allegedly violating traffic laws.
Oyeyemi said the traffic offender, Mr. Adeola Alabi, would be prosecuted for impersonation, indicating that his name was neither on the FRSC’s employees’ register nor its payroll.
Alabi was arrested by the governor for allegedly driving against traffic along the Sawmill area of Ikere in Ekiti State and claimed to be an FRSC marshal.
The alleged offender was booked N20,000 by the Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency in Ado-Ekiti.
But the FRSC boss said in a statement that Alabi was neither a worker of the corps nor a member of the Special Marshal Unit of the corps.
According to the Head, Media Relations and Strategy, Bisi Kazeem, the Peugeot 505 vehicle driven by the offender with vehicle marked AG 738 FGB, as well as the owner are under investigation.
He added that the corps marshal used the opportunity to appeal to all the officials of the FRSC and its sister agencies not to violate traffic laws.
He thanked the governor for identifying with the “good road use culture” propagated by the FRSC.
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