FRSC deploys over 30,000 personnel nationwide for Sallah Traffic enforcement

The Federal Road Safety Corps FRSC says it has deployed over 30,000 regular and special Marshals nationwide for a Six day Special Patrol Operations ahead of the 2026 Eid El-Kabir celebrations.

According to FRSC Spokesman Ohaeri Osondu, the exercise is to ensure safer roads, hitch-free movement, and prompt emergency response across the country.

He said special operations form part of the Corps’ annual strategic intervention during festive periods aimed at reducing road traffic crashes, fatalities, traffic congestion, and other highway emergencies usually associated with increased vehicular movement during the Sallah celebrations.

The FRSC Spokesman maintained that the Corps has fully mobilised operational equipment and logistics, including patrol vehicles, ambulances, tow trucks, bikes, radar guns, breathalysers, and other traffic control facilities to strategic locations across the federation for rapid response to emergencies and enhanced operational efficiency.

According to him, All Zonal Commanding Officers, Sector Commanders, and Unit Commanders have been directed to sustain aggressive visibility patrols and ensure full coverage of identified corridors throughout the period of the operations.

“The special patrol will place particular focus on excessive speed, dangerous driving, wrongful overtaking, overloading, lane indiscipline, use of phones while driving, operation of mechanically deficient vehicles, driving with expired or worn-out tyres, passenger manifest violations, and other critical offences responsible for fatal road crashes across the country”

He noted that to strengthen enforcement and ensure compliance with established traffic regulations, mobile courts will be in full operation nationwide for speedy prosecution of traffic offenders, while all emergency response and rescue teams have been placed on maximum alert for prompt response to distress situations.

“Among the major corridors earmarked for intensive patrol and traffic management are the Abuja–Kaduna–Kano corridor, Akwanga–Lafia–Makurdi route, Kaduna–Saminaka–Jos highway, Ibadan–Ogere–Sagamu road, Sagamu–Mowe–Lagos expressway, Makurdi–Otukpo–9th Mile corridor, Asaba–Abraka–Ughelli–Warri axis, Okene–Ogori–Owo route, as well as several other identified traffic-prone corridors nationwide”

Ohaeri Osondu stressed that the Corps will continue to collaborate with the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, military formations, emergency medical service providers, and other relevant stakeholders to strengthen traffic management and emergency response mechanisms throughout the festive period.

He called on motorists to demonstrate patience, discipline, and compliance with traffic regulations by avoiding excessive speed, dangerous overtaking, drunk driving, night travels, overloading, and other unsafe road behaviours capable of endangering lives.

“Road users are also encouraged to cooperate with personnel deployed on the highways and utilise the FRSC toll-free emergency number 122
for prompt reporting of crashes, obstructions, and other traffic emergencies”