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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone RS11, which comprises Osun, Ondo and Oyo states, has disclosed that nine people died in the three-day operation it carried out during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, while 78 others were injured.
The acting Zonal Commanding Officer, Corps Commander, Leye Adegboyega, disclosed this in a statement made available to Daily Sun in Osogbo, yesterday.
He stated that the ‘Eid-el-Kabir Sallah Special Patrol Operation’ covered the Ibadan-Lagos Expressway; Ibadan-Ife Expressway; Ife-Ilesa Expressway; Ilesa-Ipetu Ijesa-Akure Expressway; Sagamu-Ore-Benin Expressway and Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway.
Adegboyega disclosed that 737 traffic offenders were arrested despite 219 public enlightenment activities across the news media, motor parks, churches, mosques and other public places, to drive home the road safety message and create public awareness of the need for safety consciousness.
He said the command provided prompt rescue services for the victims of 13 RTCs, which involved 21 vehicles and 128 people, out of which nine lost their lives and 78 others sustained varying degrees of injuries and were swiftly conveyed to hospitals across the zone.
“Forty one other persons were rescued alive without injuries and continued their journeys,” Adegboyega added.
He appealed to the general public and all road users to use the roads responsibly and contribute their quota to a reduction in the loss of lives and valuable properties on the roads.
