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Following unsavoury statement credited to the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bauchi State, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, advocating the application of Sharia law to prosecute traffic offenders to stem road crashes in the country, the Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu has recalled him with immediate effect.
Just as the FRSC has dissociated itself from the baseless and unfounded opinion currently making waves in the social media and other traditional news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of offenders in the country.
As a result, the Sector Commander is to report to the National Headquarters Abuja, for necessary administrative action because the Sector Commander through the quoted statements has breached the FRSC regulations and the Standard Operating Procedures.
The agency noted and warned members of the public that the entire statement does not in anyway, reflect the position of the Federal Road Safety Corps.
In a statement on Saturday, the Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Headquarters, Abuja, Bisi Kazeem said that, “Without any reservation, it is key to inform the general public that the Federal Road Safety Corps is a Government Agency with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria and sensitive to the country’s multi-religious as well as heterogeneous ethnic composition.
“The Corps was founded through Decree No. 45, as amended by Decree 35 of 1992 referred to in the statute books as the FRSC Act cap 141 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN). The Act was passed by the National Assembly as Federal Road Safety Corps (establishment) Act 2007.
“By this very fact, it is important to clearly posit that the Corps is neither a religious nor sectional organisation, but a Federal Government Agency established with a mandate that is guided by the provisions of an establishment Act; and not a Sharia, Mosaic, Customary, canon or any other law whatsoever that contradicts the provisions of it’s establishment Act, or the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“Our lead agency role is shielded in our strict compliance with established regulations duly passed by the National Assembly. As such, the public is humbly called to disregard the entire content of the opinion as published because it is outrightly baseless, unfounded and does not apply in our operations and service to the Nigerian people.
