The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, says arming road safety operatives “may be the only way to enforce traffic laws effectively” on Nigerian highways.
He made these comments during an appearance on Arise News on Thursday.
Mohammed painted a “vivid picture” of the difficulties his personnel face when trying to stop heavy-duty vehicles.
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He said, “How do you stop a trailer or a tanker on the road? How do you just do that? It’s very, very difficult. A truck, especially a truck with probably 100 passengers on top, with animals, and you only have four personnel as a team on patrol, and trying to stop a trailer, how do you do that?”
The FRSC boss argued that without adequate “power of cohesion,” enforcement is nearly impossible.
When asked if arms would help, he said, “It will support. If you don’t have the power to enforce anything, there’s no way you can achieve that enforcement.”
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Just tell us you want to start off another level of armed militias, I just wonder why you people think you can’t do your job until you’re armed??? Imagine what an excuse….