The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety FRSC redeploys 71 senior officers
The corp Marshall of the Federal Road Safety commission, FRSC, Boboye
Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of 71 senior officers
nationwide for enhanced performance.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the redeployment, aimed at
repositioning the commission, affected three zonal commanding officers
alongside several sector commanders.
Ayodele Kumapayi, the former Sector Commander in Rivers, who was
recalled recently for forcibly cutting the hair of some female
personnel, is now the Head of Corps Safety and Transport Office at the
national headquarters, Abuja.
He was replaced by Corps Commander Imoh Etuk, who was formally the
Corps Public Education Officer at the headquarters.
In the redeployment released by FRSC Secretary, Susan Ajenge, Kingsley
Agomo, the former Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone 7, Abuja, was moved
to Zone 6, Port Harcourt.
Jonas Agwu, who was in charge of Zone 6, Port Harcourt, was redeployed
to Zone 4, Jos.
The erstwhile Commanding Officer of Zone 4 Jos, Oludare Fadogba, takes
over the affairs of Zone 7, Abuja.
A.A. Nwaka, who recently completed a course at the National Defence
College, Abuja, was deployed to the National Headquarters, Abuja, to
take over as the Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Admin section.
Corps Commander Bisi Kazeem, who was the Head of Media Relations and
Strategy at the headquarters, takes over from Etuk as the new Corps
Public Education Officer.
Also affected is the former Kaduna State Sector Commander, Francis
Udoma, who is now the Head of Transport Section at the Technical
Service Department at the national headquarters.
Former Sector Commander, Gombe, David Mendie, was moved to Benue as
Sector Commander, while Chidi Nkwonta, the erstwhile Sector Commander,
Benue, takes charge in Cross River in the same capacity.
Similarly, Ikechukwu Igwe was moved from Cross River as Sector
Commander to Bayelsa in the same capacity.
James Mbatse was moved from Niger State as Sector Commander to assume
the same position in Yobe.
Ibrahim Abubakar and Umar Ibrahim were moved from Imo and Osun as
Sector Commanders to assume the same positions in Gombe and Kaduna
states respectively, among others.
In a statement circulated on Sunday, Sani Abdullahi, Media Assistant
to the Corps Marshal, said the redeployment takes immediate effect.
According to Mr. Abdullahi, handing and taking over process is
expected to be completed latest by June 10.
The statement said Mr. Oyeyemi enjoined all senior officers of the
FRSC to brace up to the challenges of delivering safety to Nigerians
in line with the Corps’ 2017 strategic goals.