FRSC orders probe and prosecution of passengers for assaulting personnel (video)

The Federal Road Safety Corps has ordered a thorough investigation into a viral video showing an unidentified woman physically ass@ulting one of its personnel along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos, on November 7, 2024.

In a statement released on Monday, December 9, the Corps Public Education Officer, FRSC Headquarters, Abuja, Olusegun Ogungbemide, noted that the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, also ordered the immediate prosecution of the lady in the video.

The statement reads

“Highly disturbed by the spate of assault on personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps who are legitimately carrying out their statutory responsibilities, the Corps Marshal has ordered an in-depth investigation into the latest assault and immediate prosecution of a motorist who repeatedly assaulted FRSC personnel.

The report of the assault case which was recorded on November 7, 2024, along Oko-Ado, Lekki-Epe Expressway, within the Lekki Unit Command General Operations Area, in Lagos State, revealed that at about 1554hrs, the patrol team flagged a Toyota Corolla with vehicle Registration number EPE690HH for the seatbelt violation.

At the request of the vehicle papers, it was discovered that the papers had expired since December 2022 which prompted the impoundment of the vehicle. While the driver of the vehicle who contravened the law did not resist arrest, a particular lady who happened to be a passenger in the same vehicle became provocative, verbally assaulted the arresting marshal and threatened to prosecute them for doing their job.

As if her threat was not enough, the lady went further to create a scene so as to conjure undeserving sympathy from other road users. When all of her antics did not play out, she opted for physical assault as could be seen in the attached video. She assaulted the personnel all the way from the point of arrest and refused to put an end to it even when the vehicle was finally impounded in the Lekki Command.”