The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has stated that it does not intend to abolish patrol points in Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, and Enugu states.

The Corps Public Education Officer, Olusegun Ogungbemide, made this known while addressing reports concerning initiated moves to remove the patrol points, stating that Chukwurah was misquoted..

It was reported in previous week, the Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone 9 Headquarters in Enugu, Uche Chukwurah, disclosed that the abolition of static patrol/patrol points in the four South-Eastern states, while also stressing that instead of static checkpoints, the zone had adopted mobile patrol operations.

According to him, the FRSC was focused on enhancing its operational strategies to improve the capacity of its personnel by providing functional operational vehicles, ambulances, and motorbikes, and retraining personnel

Ogungbemide further stated that the main aim is to increase the mileage coverage of daily patrol activities and ensure a stronger presence across the road network, while also noting that the corps is aimed at improving road safety and supporting other security agencies through reliable processing of driver and vehicle databases.