FRSC Gives Clarification Concerning Directive On Vehicle Impoundment

FRSC Gives Clarification Concerning Directive On Vehicle Impoundment

The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu, has clarified the circulation of a memo with incorrect wording regarding a directive to Commanding Officers.

In a statement released by the FRSC spokesperson, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, on Thursday in Abuja, it was affirmed that the memo in question pertained to a directive given to Commanding Officers, urging an end to the practice of placing patrol operatives in the vehicles of offenders during impoundment.

Kazeem further clarified that the original directive was issued in a memo dated September 12, 2023, with the reference FRSC/HQ/OPS/94/VOLXVI/094. The memo was titled ‘Immediate Ban on the Placing of Staff in Offenders’ Vehicles to Escort for Impoundment’.

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“This was however, interpreted as a complete ban on the impoundment of vehicles by the corps.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the corps marshal’s directive was a correction of an earlier one saying impoundment of vehicles have been banned captured under paragraph III of the aforementioned memo.

“However, the corps marshal only banned placing of staff in offenders vehicles to escort for impoundment by patrol teams under any guise of traffic infraction committed with immediate effect.

“The corps regrets any confusion caused by the earlier memo, and would like to inform the public that the current position of the corps was as outlined in the corrected directive, ” he said.