Man, Arrested For Using An Expired Tyre, Discovered All 4 Tyres Used On FRSC Van Had Also Expired

Man, arrested for using an expired tyre, discovered all 4 tyres used on Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) van had also expired.

The Government Agency is charged with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria.

FRSC operates in all Nigerian states as well as the Federal Capital Territory.

Its statutory functions include checking road worthiness of vehicles plying the roads.

A motorist, Lemi Jonathan, has called out the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) after being arrested for an offence which he said the Government Agency was also guilty of.

Taken to his Facebook page, Jonathan explained he was arrested and booked by officials of FRSC because one of his car tyres had expired.

But when he checked the tyres of their patrol van, he discovered that FRSC was also guilty of the offence he was booked for as all four tyres used on their van had expired.

His post reads:

“I encountered Road Safety personnel today from Afikpo Command.

“They stopped our vehicles and charged the second car with me with an expired tyre offense.

“I acknowledged the fact that the tyre they saw is above years, but all my pleas fell on deaf ears.

“I got angry at their adamant attitude. They still booked us for the offense.

“Then I looked at the tyres of their vehicle and saw that their tyres were all expired.

“I asked their driver how long a tyre should stay before it expires, he said four years.

“I asked him if he was aware that their tyres were all expired, he said he was aware but that they has written to their Command for over a year now but they refused to change the tyres but asked them to manage them.

“How could they be charging me for the same offense they are massively committing?

“Mine was a tyre, theirs were all tyres. He said immunity covers them. How can this be right?”

The Federal Road Safety Corps, founded in 1988, is the Government Agency with statutory responsibilities for road safety administration in Nigeria.

FRSC operates in all Nigerian states as well as the Federal Capital Territory. Its statutory functions include making the highways safe for motorists and other road users as well as checking road worthiness of vehicles.

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