FRSC denies planned introduction of Sharia Law in enforcement of traffic regulations

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from what it termed ‘a baseless and unfounded opinion’ currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of offenders.

The Assistant Corps Marshal, Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, who disclosed his via a statement, yesterday, said that the entire statement does not in anyway reflect the position of the FRSC.

“The Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu has recalled with immediate effect, the Sector Commander to the National Headquarters Abuja, for necessary administrative action because the Sector Commander through the quoted statements has breached the FRSC regulations and the Standard Operating Procedures.

“Without any reservation, it is key to inform the general public that the Federal Road Safety Corps is a government agency with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria and sensitive to the country’s multi-religious, as well as heterogeneous ethnic composition,” he said.

Kazeem said that the Corps was founded through Decree No. 45, as amended by Decree 35 of 1992 referred to in the statute books as the FRSC Act
cap 141 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN). “The Act was passed by the National Assembly as Federal Road Safety Corps (establishment)
Act 2007.

“By this very fact, it is important to clearly posit that the Corps is neither a religious nor sectional organisation, but a Federal Government agency established with a mandate that is guided by the provisions of an establishment Act; and not a Sharia, Mosaic, customary, canon or any other law whatsoever that contradicts the provisions of it’s establishment Act, or the constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

He said the Corps lead agency role is shielded in its strict compliance with established regulations duly passed by the National Assembly.

“As such, the public is humbly called to disregard the entire content of the opinion as published because it is out-rightly baseless, unfounded and does not apply in our operations and service to the Nigerian people.”