Dismissed Road Marshal Arrested Over NLC Protest

Imo State command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the arrest of an ex-corps member of the commission whose name was withheld, over his alleged involvement in the nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in uniform.

The state sector commander of the FRSC, Mr Evaristus Ebeniro, made the disclosure on Thursday.

Ebeniro said the dismissed corps member was arrested immediately he was caught in the unprofessional conduct in the commission’s regalia which has been recovered from him.

He said the protester was a special marshal of the corps, but has since been de-marshaled and no longer holds a valid Special Marshals identity card.

Further, he said the protester was, whilst serving as a special marshal, summoned as a result of inactivity and lack of commitment to duties but absconded and was therefore de-marshaled in absentia in line with the rules of the corps.

Ebeniro said, “The Command hereby makes it categorically and unequivocally clear that the protester is no longer with the Corps and that he acted alone in that show of shame.”

According to him, the action prompted the command to commence investigation to unravel the identity of the protester.

Ebeniro said, “It is now confirmed that the protester who happened to be a unionist was once a special marshal.”