ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Updating your news feed...
NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. Published by Africa’s international award-winning journalist, Mr. Isaac Umunna, NEWS EXPRESS is Nigeria’s first truly professional online daily newspaper. It is published from Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and media hub, and has a provision for occasional special print editions. Thanks to our vast network of sources and dedicated team of professional journalists and contributors spread across Nigeria and overseas, NEWS EXPRESS has become synonymous with newsbreaks and exclusive stories from around the world.
Ogun FRSC Sector Commander Clement Oladele
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says that no fewer than 7,698 traffic offenders were arrested across the state in the first quarter of 2019. Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander of FRSC, disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, on Thursday.
Oladele explained that the number of erring drivers arrested reduced by two percent with 7,698 from 7,868, during the same period in 2018.
“A total of 7, 698 offenders were booked for various offences in first quarter of 2019,” he said.
The sector commander listed the prevalent offences among the erring drivers to include speed limit violation, tyre violation, non-use of seat belt and speed limiter device violation.
He reiterated the Corps’ commitment to ensuring that highways were safe for the public through intensive public enlightenment campaign.
Oladele also warned motorists to desist from driving against traffic and adhere strictly to average speed limit, especially when approaching construction sites. (NAN)
