•FRSC patrol
In preparation for the Eid el-Kabir celebrations on Friday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a special patrol across the country, scheduled to run from June 5 to June 11.
According to a statement by Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, the operation will involve over 36,000 regular and special marshals, 750 patrol vehicles, 120 ambulances, 25 tow trucks, and more than 200 motorbikes.
The statement read in part, “Pursuant to the declaration of Friday, June 6, 2025 as the day of Eid el Kabir in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps has commenced massive Mobilisation of its personnel and operational equipments for the Sallah special patrol aimed at ensuring safer road environment, before, during the festive period and beyond.”
The Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, explained that the goal is to maintain free traffic flow, swiftly clear road obstructions, and ensure prompt rescue services.
He stated that “not fewer than 36,000 of the FRSC Regular, Special Marshals, and about 750 Patrol Vehicles, 120 Ambulances, 25 Tow Trucks and over 200 Bikes would be on the road during the special operation that would commence from 05 to 11 June, 2025.”
Mohammed emphasized that commanding officers have been instructed to cover 52 critical road corridors and to focus on traffic violations such as speeding, use of phones while driving, lack of spare tyres, and lane indiscipline.
“To ensure the effectiveness of the operations, the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, directed commanding officers operating across various formations nationwide to ensure that the 52 corridors are properly manned throughout the operations.”
“He, however, appealed to motorists to obey all traffic rules and regulations and cooperate fully with the FRSC and other law enforcement agencies that would be deployed for traffic management duties, saying mobile courts would be in session across the country for prompt dispensation of justice to recalcitrant traffic violators.”
The agency also confirmed the deployment of radar guns, breathalysers, and special emergency response teams known as Zebras, while collaborating with the police, military, DSS, and other security agencies.
Ogungbemide added, “The corps marshal also directed that the operatives pay first-rate focus on effective traffic control, wrongful overtaking, use of phone while driving, drivers’ licence violation, lane discipline, removal of rickety vehicles on the road, driving with expired/ worn out tyres and without spare tyre, etc.”
The patrol will operate in shifts, with night rescue teams on standby, and the public is encouraged to report traffic incidents via the FRSC’s 122 hotline or its National Traffic Radio (107.1 FM).
