FRSC Begins ‘Operation Flush’ In FCT, Today

Beginning from today, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has declared Friday, Saturday and Sunday of every week as a special patrol day tagged “Operation Flush” in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Sector Commander, FCT Command, Mr Oga Ochi, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Abuja, Wednesday, said the operation was to check road crashes in the FCT.
Ochi recalled that similar special patrol operation during the last Sallah holiday recorded high success within the FCT, hence, the sustainability of the operations.
Ochi stated that the “Operation Flush” was set to deal with any form of influence such as intake of alcohol or drugs that could lead to road traffic crashes in the territory.
He said that random test would be carried out on drivers within the three days in the week to ensure that people who were involved in any form of influence of alcohol or drugs were detected.
According to him, appropriate sanctions will be meted out to culprits after detecting such influences.
“The reason those three days had been assigned for the duty is because we noticed that the number of crashes recorded at the FCT over the weekend outnumbers that of the remaining part of the week.
“We also realised that the number of crashes during the weekend are higher probably because people that go to clubs on Friday against Saturday and then Sunday coming back at the late hours must have been drunk.
“We believe they get involved in crashes due to the influence of alcohol or drugs. As a way of checking that, we now introduced the special patrol operation throughout the weekend.
“And the operation is aimed at reducing people that drive under the influence so that there won’t be crashes and we also check the rate of crashes within the FCT”, he said.
Ochi assured that the Command would continue to work with sister agencies, host communities and transport unions to address issues of road crashes.