FRSC opens up on Introducing Sharia Law to Enforce Traffic Rules

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FRSC Denies Introducing Sharia Law To Enforce Traffic Rules

 

The agency has disregarded reports from the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, proposing the addition of Sharia Law to existing regulations for enforcing traffic laws and prosecuting offenders.

 

This information was made available to newsmen on Saturday as part of a statement signed by the Corps Spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem.

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It was reported that the sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Bauchi State, Yusuf Abdullahi, stated that a Sharia law must be created to prosecute traffic offenders in order to reduce road accidents in the country.

 

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Kazeem responded that Abdullahi’s statement in no way reflects the FRSC’s position.

 

According to the statement, the Corps Marshal, Dauda Biu, has immediately recalled the Sector Commander to the National Headquarters in Abuja for disciplinary action for violating FRSC regulations and Standard Operating Procedures.

 

The statement read in part, “It is essential to inform the general public that the Federal Road Safety Corps is a government agency with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria that is sensitive to the country’s multi-religious and ethnically diverse composition.

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“The Corps was established by Decree No. 45, as amended by Decree No. 35 of 1992, also known as the FRSC Act cap 141 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria. The National Assembly passed the Federal Road Safety Corps (Establishment) Act 2007 in 2007.

 

“By this very fact, it is important to assert that the Corps is neither a religious nor a sectarian organisation, but a Federal Government Agency established with a mandate governed by the provisions of an establishment Act; and not a Sharia, Mosaic, customary, canon, or any other law that contradicts the provisions of its establishment Act, or the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 

“Our role as lead agency is safeguarded by our adherence to established regulations passed by the National Assembly.” As a result, the public is humbly urged to disregard the entirety of the published opinion because it is completely unfounded and irrelevant to our operations and service to the Nigerian people.”

 

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