The Federal Road Safety Corps , Oyo State Command , says it impounded 150 vehicles and prosecuted 47 traffic violators during a special patrol in August codenamed Operation Scorpion II .
The special nationwide patrol by the corps , which was to stop the movement of unlatched containers on articulated trucks , was held between August 10 and 16 , 2020.
FRSC Sector Commander in the state , Chukwurah Uche , who told journalists on Monday during the inauguration of Operation Scorpion III in the state , said that the essence of the third phase of the exercise was to eradicate the issue completely .
“ In our last operation , we impounded 150 vehicles and arraigned 47 persons at the mobile court. We noticed compliance with these efforts .
“The operation has been very effective and we could see that we are nearing 50 per cent compliance . We have been able to make so many of the haulage companies carrying goods to comply with the rules .
“The essence of this Operation Scorpion III and subsequent Scorpion Operations is to make sure we wipe out the issue of falling containers on our roads , ’’ Uche said .
The sector commander noted that the operation would not end with Operation Scorpion III but that the operation would continue until total compliance is achieved .
( NAN )
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