The Corps Marshal and chief Executive of Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) has said that the convoy belonging to the Kogi State Governor and his deputy have been involved in several fatal road crashes and needed to avail their drivers to training.
Mr. Osita Chidoka, said this while speaking to reporters at the Africa Road Safety and World Day for remembrance for road traffic crashes victims on Thursday in Abuja.
He said the accident that claimed the life of former ASUU President, Festus Iyayi could have been prevented if the convoy drivers had presented themselves for the FRSC training.
He said, “Unfortunately, the Kogi State convoy drivers have not been involved in this training. I’ve just been told by the Sector Commander that the governor had asked him to take all the convoy drivers from Kogi State for this training, because, Kogi convoy drivers were not involved in this training.
“Of the 700 convoy drivers we trained in the last two years, none of them has been involved in any road crashes. The only crash we have seen so far from convoy are from people that have not attended our training.
“There are some vital things they were taught on how to move on convoy. So, now that the governor had directed his people to be trained, we have also advised him to bring some FRSC officials into his convoy because many of the state governors who have had no crashes have FRSC officials in their convoy.
He said, “You will recall that on December 28, 2012, the Kogi governor had a crash, in which his ADC was killed, on September 30, 2013, five people were injured in the deputy governor’s convoy crash and also on November 12, 2013, the Kogi governor’s convoy was involved in the second crash.”