By Ibironke Ariyo
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has beckoned on traditional, religious and youth leaders to admonish their subjects against use of trailers as passenger vehicles.
The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed said this in a statement by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Corps Commander, Olusegun Ogungbemide on Monday in Abuja.
Mohammed said that there was need for traditional, religious and Youth leaders to join FRSC in the ongoing campaign against trailer conveying humans, goods and animals.
He tasked them to caution their subjects on the need to discontinue the use of trailers for their trips.
He added that the appeal came due to the reports of the lone but fatal road traffic crash that occurred on the busy Kano-Zaria highway.
He also added that the road crash involved a trailer conveying about 90 human beings.
According to him, the crash occurred as a result of speed violation that eventually led to loss of control.
“This happened at exactly 03:15am on Monday, July 1 killing 25 male adults as well as leaving a total of 53 other male adult victims with injuries of different sorts.
“However, FRSC emergency and rescue team was able to rescue 12 persons without injury from the crash.
“The rescued victims have been taken to Murtala Muhammad and Nasarawa Specialist hospital in Kano State for proper medical attention.
“The driver of the truck has been arrested and handed over to the Police for further investigation and possible prosecution, “he said.
The FRSC boss said the Corps was also worried with the that a whole lot of trailer drivers travelled at night when the operational arm of the Corps does not operate to escape arrest.
“It is on the strength of the foregoing that we call on these leaders to compliment FRSC’s efforts towards bringing these deadly road traffic violations to a halt by sensitising their subjects further, “he said.
