By Angeline Mgbele, Bureau Chief, Northern Nigeria

As political parties intensify campaigns for the fast approaching 2023 General Elections, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu has, for the umpteenth time, cautioned all road users, including campaign convoy drivers, to, as much as possible, avoid speeding, recklessness on wheels and drive in conformity with established road traffic regulations so as to avoid incidences of road traffic crashes.

This is contained in a heads-up obtained from the Corps Public Education Officer, ACM Bisi Kazeem.

Corps Marshal  Ali Biu stated this while reacting to the series of crashes that have occurred since the commencement of the electioneering campaigns involving political party convoys and other convoys that led to preventable loss of lives.

Biu registered his dissatisfaction while stating that despite repeated warnings, cautions and appeals that the Corps had made to these drivers, they still violated established laws, drove against speed limit and engaged in reckless driving behaviours that were in total contradiction to best road use practice.

He, however, also appreciated the orderly manner with which some of the motorists conducted their political engagements in strict adherence to road traffic rules.

According to him, the Corps was determined to entrench ease of movement and safety for vehicular and human traffic as Commanding Officers had been directed to enhance visibility of patrol teams in identified strategic locations.

Part of the efforts the Corps has put in place include the deployment of more operational vehicles and manpower to combat envisioned traffic gridlocks that would be occasioned by series of political activities geared towards the oncoming general elections.