Inauguration: FRSC Deploys 365 Personnel, 40 Patrol Vehicles, Others, Cordons Off 16 Routes

By CLEMENT NWOJI, Abuja

Ahead of the May 29 President-elect inauguration in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed 365 personnel and 40 patrol vehicles among other measures to ensure safety along designated routes leading to the venue, Eagles Square, Central Business District of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dauda Ali Biu, who gave the directive, also included the deployment of 15 motorbikes and 10 tow trucks for facilitation of movements for inauguration of President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

A statement said in addition to the aforementioned, the Corps also deployed 155 traffic cones, 15 ambulances, 84 patrolites and a number of reflective tapes to augment the entrenchment of safety and ease of movement across board.

The Corps Marshal also directed the personnel deployed to collaborate with the Officers and Men of the Nigeria Police Force as well as other security organisations detailed for the national programme.

Biu further called on road users to comply with restrictions of movement around areas cordoned off by security operatives so as to allow for a seamless inauguration programme.

Areas to be cordoned for diversion of traffic include the following: Goodluck Jonathan Expressway by Court of Appeal, Deeper Life Junction, Bond/ Total Filling Station, Federal Capital Development Authority Junction, Finance Junction by ECOWAS, Ministry of Women Affairs junction, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Eagle Square ( Phase 1&2).

Others are; Kur Mohammed road/ National Mosque, Abia House junction, NITEL Junction by Ademola Adetokunbo street, Gama Junction/ Transcorp, Bayelsa House by Federal High Court, Aso Drive, CEDDI Plaza, NNPC Twin Towers as well as NNPC/ NBS.

He explained that the Corps personnel would also play active role in piloting dignitaries from the following locations: Old Parade Ground – Eagle Square, International Conference Centre, Eagle Square, and Eagle Square Pavilion.

Further, the Corps would also be engaged in strategic crowd control in and around the inauguration venue.