FRSC Clarifies Wrong Impression On Corps Marshal's Directive On Impoundment of Vehicles 

By Adedeji ADEMUYIWA 

Nigeria - The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Dauda Ali Biu has on Wednesday, 13th September, 2023 clarified circulation of a wrongly couched memo  regarding a directive issued to Commanding Officers of the Corps on the need to put an end to placing of patrol operatives in offenders vehicle in the course of impoundment.

According to the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem in a statement given to journalists, the directive, which came in a memo dated 12 September, 2023 and referenced FRSC/HQ/OPS/94/VOLXVI/094, under the heading; 'Immediate Ban on the Placing of Staff in Offenders Vehicles to Escort for Impoundment' was earlier termed a total ban on impoundment of vehicles by the Corps.

He said, "For the avoidance of doubt, the Corps Marshal's directive  which  was a correction of an earlier one saying  impoundment of vehicles have been banned captured under paragraph 3 of the aforementioned memo as "Consequently, Corps Marshal has banned placing of Staff in offenders vehicles to escort for Impoundment by patrol teams under any guise of traffic infraction committed with immediate effect".

"While the Corps regrets wrong information,  members of the public are by this clarification, called to be properly informed of the current  position of the Corps".