The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered officers and men of the corps across the country to strictly enforce restriction and physical distancing amongst vehicle occupants.
The order, he said, was to ensure that the spread of coronavirus was contained.
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, Boboye’s order was to reiterate the commitment of the Federal Road Safety Corps towards sustaining existing collaborations with the Federal and State governments in the fight against coronavirus.
He added that it was to further ensure that the order on restrictions were diligently and effectively enforced with all sense of professionalism, civility and resilience.
While charging the commanding officers to ensure adequate deployment of personnel on all routes, the Corps Marshal noted that as the Corps moved into the first week of the extension of phase one of the eased lockdown regime, personnel must show diligence and ensure total enforcement of all the measures in place.
He was also particular about the need to enforce the ban on interstate travels, physical distancing amongst commuters, and policy on use of masks/covering.
He also sustained the initial order that no vehicle should be allowed to violate the directives as contained.
According to him, except the vehicles and the occupants were accredited essential workers with proof of identification, Commanding Officers must ensure that the vehicles were impounded and the occupants handed over to the Police for prosecution in the Court of Law for contravening the Presidential Order on restrictions, social distance and stay at home.
He therefore advised citizens to comply with the restriction order or face the wrath of the law.
Oyeyemi also advised essential workers who might be tempted to compromise with the social distance directives in vehicles to restrain from such as the Virus did not discriminate nor spare anybody irrespective of class or profession.
