Dauda Biu, the corps marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has stated that all FRSC personnel have been prohibited from entering the vehicles of offenders upon seizure.
Biu made the clarification while denouncing a “wrongly couched” document now making the rounds, according to FRSC spokesperson Bisi Kazeem. He added that the memo in question is about a directive sent to commanding officers that called for an end to the practice of placing patrol operatives in offenders’ vehicles during impoundment.
The initial mandate, according to the spokesperson, was issued in a memo dated September 12, 2023, with the reference FRSC/HQ/OPS/94/VOLXVI/094.
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He stated that the memo was titled: ‘Immediate ban on the putting of personnel in offenders vehicles to escort for Impoundment’.
“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.” the statement read.
