The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has inaugurated a nationwide zonal special intervention patrol and unveiled 12 intelligence-driven operations across zonal commands to tackle persistent causes of road crashes.

The FRSC’s public education officer, Osondu Ohaeri, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the development was one of the agency’s most audacious and coordinated operational strategies in recent times.

Mr Ohaeri said that, effective Monday, all 12 zonal commands of the corps would simultaneously execute specially designed, code-named operations tailored to address the peculiar road safety challenges within their jurisdictions.

He said the specially designed code-named operations include “Operation Fushin Zuma” (Anger of the Bee) in Kaduna, “Operation Ride Safe” in Bauchi, “Operation Shark Smile” in Port Harcourt, “Operation ABO” (Safe Passage) in Lagos, and “Operation Sauka Lafia” in Abuja.

Others, he said, were “Operation Kasolayo” in Ilorin, “Operation Kwushi Ihe Mberede” in Enugu, “Operation Sanity” in Osogbo, “Operation Total Compliance” in Benin, “Operation Harbin Kunama” (Scorpion Sting) in Yola, “Operation Hadarin Kalangu” in Jos and Operation Daidaita Loading” in Zone 10.

According to him, the coordinated intervention manifests the corps’ resolve to confront specific traffic violations through intelligence-driven enforcement, robust public enlightenment, enhanced operational visibility, stakeholder engagement and strategic collaboration with sister security agencies.

“The operations and interventions deployed all have one overriding objective: to reduce road traffic crashes, save lives, and make Nigerian roads safer for all,” he said.

He added that the special intervention patrol was a strategic operational initiative approved by the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, to enable every zonal command to address its peculiar crash trends.

“This will be done through intensive enforcement, sustained public education, stakeholder engagement, rescue preparedness and enhanced operational visibility.

“It is designed to achieve measurable reductions in road traffic crashes by focusing on offences that have continued to claim innocent lives on Nigerian roads,” he said.

Mr Ohaeri quoted the corps marshal as describing the initiative as a decisive shift from conventional enforcement to targeted, intelligence-led operations capable of delivering greater impact.

According to Mr Mohammed, every operation has been carefully designed to confront specific dangerous behaviours responsible for avoidable deaths and injuries.

The corps marshal disclosed that the operations would involve massive deployment of personnel to highways, motor parks, loading points and other critical corridors.

“Complemented by sustained public enlightenment, stakeholder engagement and close collaboration with sister security agencies, this operation will guarantee effective enforcement and rapid emergency response,” he said.

He warned motorists, commercial vehicle operators and fleet owners to strictly comply with all traffic regulations, emphasising that violators would face firm but professional enforcement in line with the corps’ statutory mandate.

The corps marshal reassured Nigerians that the operations were not intended to punish law-abiding road users but to protect lives and property.

He called on members of the public to cooperate with patrol teams by obeying traffic regulations, avoiding dangerous practices such as overloading and mixed loading, and reporting reckless driving and other unsafe behaviours.

He further urged transport operators to embrace voluntary compliance, noting that road safety was a shared responsibility that demanded collective action from government, transport stakeholders and every road user.

He reaffirmed that every zone had a mission, and every patrol a purpose.

“Every operation is a commitment to saving lives,” he said.

(NAN)