“We want to appeal to all the convoy drivers to please respect other road users"

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is pleading with all motorists to respect other road users.

While making this plea, Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal of FRSC, said the absence of this is preventing the agency from achieving it's mission(s).

“The only area we are having problems has to do with the convoys, and they cause this problem; and we are taking note of them, and we will report them to the appropriate authorities. We want to appeal to all the convoy drivers to please respect other road users; that is the major problem; other road users are behaving well.

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The commercial drivers – we’ve been able to tame them to a certain level, but the convoy drivers are the lawless ones; they are given us headache on the highway. We want to appeal once again, for them to comply. Accidents, crashes have no respect for anyone. And if they face oncoming traffic, they complicate the problem especially where the roads are bad.

They should please respect the traffic rules and regulations. It is in the interest of the nation for them to show good example. Moreover, the principals are not (always) in the vehicles, so I see that it is act of lawlessness on their part. They should please ensure that respect is given to other road users.”

Earlier this week, the Marshal urged Nigerians to celebrate with caution.

According to him, the festive season is not the time to disregard traffic rules and regulations.

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