FRSC : We Have Powers To Arrest, Fine, Impound Cars

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has insisted that it has the constitutional powers to arrest erring road traffic offenders, impound vehicles used to commit such offences and impose statutorily stipulated fines for such offences.

It described those claiming otherwise as deliberate mischief makers who are “bent on misleading unsuspecting members of the public for reasons best known to them”.

The media assistant to the corps marshal and superintendent route commander, Mr Sani Abdullahi, who made the commission’s position known in a statement, was reacting to recent media reports about the judicial position on the statutory functions of FRSC.

Citing cases in which judgements were delivered on the statutory functions of the FRSC, Abdullahi said the reports gave erroneous impressions of some recent judicial pronouncements made between January and October this year.