The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has revealed that not less than 84 people lost their lives to road traffic crashes involving 213 across the nation during the 2022 Easter celebration.
A total of 405 people were also rescued without injuries from a total of 131 crashes nationwide involving 857 people during the period.
Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, while giving an update on the 2022 Easter special patrol which lasted from 14 April 2022 to 19 April 2022.
He noted that the figure according to the data released by the Corps represented a 47 per cent increase in the total number of people rescued without injuries, adding that there was a significant increase in the number of people rescued without injury during the 2022 Easter special patrol exercise because of the wider coverage given to the operations within the period under consideration.
Kazeem disclosed that 275 people were rescued without injuries in the same period in 2021, “while 405 were rescued during the 2022 Easter special patrol without injuries, which marks a 47% improvement from the 2022 record.
“However, he noted that the number of persons rescued with injuries from road traffic crashes during the celebration period is 84,” he said.
He further revealed that from the total number of 131 crashes recorded in 2022, 36 were fatal crashes, 72 were serious and 23 were minor.
He said, “of the 857 persons involved in road traffic crashes during the 2022 Easter celebration period, a total of 84 people were killed as 213 Vehicles were involved in road traffic crashes across the nation during the period as follows: 15 tanker/trailers, 28 trucks, 40 buses, 85 cars, 35 motorcycles, 5 tricycles, and 5 pickup vans.”
Quoting the Corps Marshal of FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, Kazeem stated that the Corps now has a wider coverage due to the establishment of more FRSC Commands, Outposts, roadside clinics and Zebra points that now feed in reports from different routes that were hitherto not thoroughly covered. He stressed that the increase in the number of road crashes, increase in the number of persons involved, and increase in the number of persons killed are due to the reports that emanated from the new FRSC formations.
Oyeyemi had earlier directed that the 2022 Easter special patrol should cover 50 corridors which include but are not limited to Sokoto-Tambuwal-Jega-Birnin Kebbi; Mokwa-Birnin Yero-Zaria; Maiduguri-Biu-Numan-Jalingo-Wukari; Lafia-Langtang-Pankshin-Jos; Abuja-Lokoja-Okene; Lokoja-Auchi-Benin; Onitsha-Njaba-Owerri-Umuahia, Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomosho; and Ibadan-Ogere-Shagamu.
Kazeem described the directive of the Corps Marshal as a move away from other years where the focus was on critical corridors, saying the Corps intensified its Patrol operations and Enlightenment campaigns by giving adequate coverage to all 50 routes across Nigeria.
The Corps Spokesperson while analysing the Corps’ records for the 2022 Easter special patrol, said a total of 6634 offenders were apprehended in 2022; while a total of 8097 offences were recorded in 2022; and a total of 3,187 impoundments were made.
The Corps also revealed that with respect to Mobile Court sittings that was spread across Nigeria during this period, a total of 134 persons were arraigned in the 2022 Easter Special patrol, 88 offenders were convicted with an option of fine, 21 were imprisoned and 20 persons got discharged and acquitted in 2022.
Further to this, Kazeem disclosed that in 2022, enlightenment through Motor park rallies and Radio Programmes increased tremendously.
Kazeem noted that the Corps did not record any assault on its operatives and this could be attributed to enhanced stakeholders collaboration and engagement, an increase in Public Enlightenment and the introduction of the body and vehicle camera for operatives.
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