The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC has impounded a total of 396 vehicles conveying over 2,422 passengers in the general operation area of its 12 Zonal Commands across the country, for indiscriminate violation of Presidential directives on physical distancing in vehicles.
In a statement signed by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem the highest number of impoundment were recorded in Rivers, Enugu and Kwara while Ekiti and Niger States recorded the lowest figures.
He also gave the breakdown of the arrests as Rivers 67, Enugu 48, Kwara 47, Sokoto 37, Adamawa 36, Delta 31 and Oyo 23. Others are; Kaduna and Bauchi with 16 each, Ebonyi 14 while each of Lagos and Ondo recorded a total of 11 respectively.
Kazeem also said that from the data made available by the 12 Zonal Commands, it was gathered that out of the 396 vehicles impounded, 343 were held for conveying a total of 2,442 passengers which completely violates the physical distancing order while the remaining 63 vehicles were impounded for overloading with goods.
In order to ensure that the maximum precautionary measures are adhered to in those vehicles, the Corps Public Education Officer revealed that, out of the 2442 commuters, a total of 927 were discharged from the vehicles to make room for spacing and distancing amongst the passengers.
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The Corps Boboye Oyeyemi has also charged the Commanding Officers to sustain the tempo and intensify efforts to ensure that motorists are compelled to comply with Presidential directives on both the social distancing and inter states border restrictions on movement.
He has also called on the motoring public to avoid boarding overloaded vehicles at all times and also warned commercial drivers to desist from such violations or face the wrath of the law.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
