The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appointed Leye Adegboyega as the new sector commander for Osun RS11.1 Command.

Mr Adegboyega, who assumed office on May 2, took over from Taofeeq Sokumbi, who has been redeployed.

The new sector commander, until his appointment, was the zonal head of operations at Zone RS11 Command Headquarters, Osogbo, Osun capital.

He was enlisted into the service of the FRSC on November 1, 1993, and was appointed as the personal assistant to the director of operations, a post he held until 1998.

Mr Adegboyega was later redeployed and appointed the pioneer principal staff officer (PSO) to the erstwhile acting corps marshal and chief executive of the FRSC, Danyaro Yakasai.

In 1999, he was redeployed to the then Department of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRAS) as the staff officer (statistics). In 2003, he was posted to Imo sector command as staff officer (Operations).

The new sector commander was in 2005 redeployed to Owo Unit Command in Ondo State as the Unit Head of Administration and Human Resources, a position he occupied until 2009 as an assistant corps commander l.

After several promotions and awards, he was promoted to his present rank of corps commander in April 2022.

The new sector commander was redeployed on April 1, 2022, to the Federal Road Safety Command and Staff College, Udi, Enugu State, as director of coordination, a position he held till July 2023.

In July 2023, he was redeployed to Zone RS11 Command Headquarters, Osogbo, as the Zonal Head of Operations.

Mr Adegboyega was born in Abeokuta on  July 25, 1969, to the family of the Late Pa Femi Adeleye and Felicia Adeleye from Ayetoro in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.

He attended St. Andrew’s Primary School, Ibara, Abeokuta, from 1974 to 1979 and later proceeded to the prestigious African Church Grammar School, Ita-Eko, Abeokuta, from where he obtained the West African Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE) in 1985.

He bagged a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Political Science from the Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, in the year 1992  and later did his mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)  in Enugu with the Federal Road Safety Corps.

Mr Adegboyega received commendations for his outstanding performance and was subsequently given automatic employment by the FRSC management in 1993.

He is married to Oluwayemisi Elizabeth, and the union is blessed with four lovely children.

(NAN)