The corps marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Biu, says the corps will file an appeal against a court ruling restricting its operations to federal highways.

Mr Biu said this in a statement by the corps public education officer, Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kareem, on Wednesday in Abuja.

“We are aware of the judgement of the Court of Appeal Asaba Judicial Division from the briefing received from our legal representatives,” Mr Biu said.

However, Mr Biu said the corp had not received the Certified True Copy of the judgement.

The Asaba Division of the Court of Appeal ruled in Appeal No. CA/AS/276/2019 filed against the FRSC by a lawyer, Darlington Ugo-Ehikim.

The appellate court on Monday affirmed the judgment of the Federal High Court, which held that the FRSC could only operate on federal roads.

It dismissed the appeal filed by FRSC challenging the judgment of Justice E. Nwite of the Federal High Court, Warri.

On January 25, 2019, the High Court ruled in favour of the Plaintiff, a Nigeria Bar Association, Warri branch member.

The court also granted all the reliefs Ugo-Ehikim sought, including a declaration that the FRSC has no right to operate and/or carry any activity on state and local government roads.

The trial court also issued restraining orders against the corps from operating on roads other than federal highways and awarded N10 million cost against the FRSC.

The corps marshal said the implication of the judgement, as reported in the media, was that FRSC personnel would not be able to attend to or rescue crash victims on roads other than federal roads.

(NAN)