FRSC Ramps Up Safety Measures for Eid-el-Kabir

In anticipation of the upcoming Eid el-Kabir festivities on Friday, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a nationwide special patrol operation. Scheduled to run from June 5 to June 11, this initiative is aimed at ensuring smoother traffic flow and reducing road accidents during the festive period.

According to a statement issued by FRSC spokesperson Olusegun Ogungbemide on Wednesday, the corps has deployed more than 36,000 personnel—including both regular and special marshals—across the country. Supporting this large-scale mobilization are 750 patrol vehicles, 120 ambulances, 25 tow trucks, and over 200 motorbikes.

“Pursuant to the declaration of Friday, 6 June, 2025 as the day of Eid el Kabir in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps has commenced massive Mobilisation of its personnel and operational equipments for the Sallah special patrol aimed at ensuring safer road environment, before, during the festive period and beyond,” the statement read.

It continued, “The Operations Order states that not fewer than 36,000 of the FRSC Regular, Special Marshals, and about 750 Patrol Vehicles, 120 Ambulances, 25 Tow Trucks and over 200 Bikes would be on the road during the special operation that would commence from 05 to 11 June, 2025.”

FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, emphasized that the goal of the operation is to ease vehicular movement, enable swift rescue responses, and promptly eliminate road obstructions. He reaffirmed the agency’s dedication to reducing traffic crashes through both enforcement and public education.

“To ensure the effectiveness of the operations, the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, directed commanding officers operating across various formations nationwide to ensure that the 52 corridors are properly manned throughout the operations,” Ogungbemide noted.

Mohammed also called on motorists to obey traffic rules and cooperate with law enforcement, warning that mobile courts would be active nationwide to ensure quick justice for traffic violations.

“He, however, appealed to motorists to obey all traffic rules and regulations and cooperate fully with the FRSC and other law enforcement agencies that would be deployed for traffic management duties, saying mobile courts would be in session across the country for prompt dispensation of justice to recalcitrant traffic violators.”

Highlighting specific offenses that officers will target, Ogungbemide added, “The corps marshal also directed that the operatives pay first-rate focus on effective traffic control, wrongful overtaking, use of phone while driving, drivers’ licence violation, lane discipline, removal of rickety vehicles on the road, driving with expired/ worn out tyres and without spare tyre, etc.”

FRSC commanding officers have been instructed to monitor major transport routes, including Akwanga-Lafiya-Makurdi, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano, Sagamu-Mowe-Lagos, and Jos-Bauchi-Gombe corridors.

To further bolster enforcement, officers will be equipped with radar guns and breathalysers. Emergency response units—known as Zebras—are also on alert, ready to react to accidents or emergencies. The FRSC is partnering with agencies such as the military, police, DSS, Civil Defence, and various ambulance services for effective coordination.

The patrol will run in shifts from morning to evening, with night rescue teams on standby. Citizens are encouraged to stay informed and report emergencies through the toll-free number 122.

Corps Marshal Mohammed concluded with a call for public cooperation: he urged all road users to drive responsibly and support officers on duty to ensure a safe celebration for everyone.