2nd December, 2016
The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi disclosed this on Friday in Abuja.
Speaking at the end of the year’s management strategy session, Oyeyemi stated that the officials were killed while on duty, noting that the figure was lower than 2015 which stood at 160.
The FRSC boss said the corp would fight reckless drivers in the country as they were responsible for about 40 per cent of deaths of its officials.
He said he had been raising this alarm since last year that the corps was experiencing increase in violence among drivers and lawlessness, saying that losing 70 personnel was not a joke.
Oyeyemi said recently at Talata Mafara in Zamfara State, a motorist ran into a mobile court in session killing three FRSC officials immediately, including a civil defence operative.
He said the government was working to address the problem, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari was aware of the problem and was doing something about it.