Charles Akpabio, the Zonal Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC), Zone 5 comprising Edo, Delta and Anambra has blamed the increase of fake drivers license on its officers and men.
Akpabio stated this at the decoration ceremony of six newly promoted officers at the command’s headquarters in Benin, today.
While describing the increase of fake driving license as worrisome, Akpabio said the command was not unaware of the connivance of some of it officers in issuing fake licenses.
He warned officers and men of the zone to stay away from issuing fake driver’s license or risk severe sanctions.
He said “And I am using this medium to sound a note of warning to marshals and officers to desist from this act as it is criminal and an act of sabotage. The command will not hesitate to sanction any officer or marshal caught in the act.”
In addition, Akpabio said “five more processing centres will be opened very soon to complement the existing centres so that motorists will be saved the agony of having to travel far from their location of abode to the few existing centres.
“Some of the victims of fake driver’s license racketeers have attributed the limited number of centres as be responsible for the incidence of fake issuance of driver’s license.
“So, to avoid and cut off these activities of quacks, we advise motorists to go to these centres and insist on doing the right thing to get genuine driver’s license and not through a third party who swindle them of their money and issue them fake documents. You have to be captured for your details to be in our data to be issued a genuine driver’s license.”
The zonal commander used the occasion to congratulate the newly promoted officers, urging them to be more dedicated to their duties especially, this yuletide season, where the roads usually experience heavy traffic.
Akpabio also revealed that the headquarters had empowered the command with equipment such as two additional towing trucks, eight motor-bikes among others to ease officials’ logistic maneuvering, adding that the command would increase its patrol fleet of cars on some designated corridors as from Dec 19, up to Jan. 13.
“We will establish patrol camps at designated corridors aimed at ensuring that our presence is felt to ease traffic during this period,” he said.
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