The Ekiti state command of the Federal Road Safety Commission has reacted to the claim that one of its official, Adeola Alabi, was arrested by Governor Ayodele Fayose.
It was earlier reported that Alabi was an FRSC operative and was arrested by Fayose for taking a wrong lane while trying to avoid potholes in Ikere-Ekiti.
The Ekiti Command of the FRSC, said on Saturday that its records showed Alabi was not a member of the commission.
“The Ekiti Command of FRSC , through the Sector Commander, Ekiti State Command, Mr Stanley Chinedum , wishes to appreciate His Excellency Governor Ayodele Fayose for accosting and eventually arresting a road traffic offender on 15th October, 2015 along Ikere Road Ado Ekiti,” the statement said.
“We want to place on record, that the (traffic) offender arrested by the Executive Governor of Ekiti state, His Excellency, Ayodele Fayose, the said Mr Adeola Alabi, is not a staff of Federal Road Safety Commission.
“We wish to place on record that the said traffic offender, from all available records, is not a staff of FRSC as a regular marshal or a volunteer special marshal.
“The said offender could be an impersonator or rather a dismissed special marshal who is still using old sticker of special marshals.
“FRSC is noted for discipline and exemplary behavior with adequate machinery to check excesses and abuses. We therefore always inculcate in staff at all times the necessity to obey all traffic rules while on official duties and even on private engagements.”
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