The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has launched a nationwide special patrol operation ahead of the upcoming Eid el-Kabir celebrations scheduled for Friday, with the primary aim of ensuring safer road use.
The operation, which will run from June 5 through June 11, is designed to manage increased traffic volume, minimise road crashes, and maintain order during the expected mass movement of people across the country.
As part of the initiative, FRSC operatives have been equipped with radar guns to enforce speed limits and breathalysers to discourage driving under the influence of alcohol or other impairing substances.
Emergency response units, known as Zebra teams, have been strategically deployed nationwide to enable rapid intervention in the event of road accidents, breakdowns, or other traffic-related emergencies during the festive period.
To ensure seamless coordination and effective enforcement, the FRSC is working in partnership with the military, the Nigeria Police Force, Civil Defence, DSS, FERMA, and several certified ambulance service providers.
In addition to enforcement activities, mobile courts will be stationed in key areas across the country to promptly prosecute traffic offenders and discourage reckless behaviour on the highways.
The special patrol will operate in rotational shifts from morning to evening, while dedicated night rescue teams will remain on standby to ensure 24-hour coverage and emergency response throughout the operation period.
According to a statement signed by Corps Spokesman, Olusegun Ogungbemide, on Wednesday, the nationwiide operation will be supported by 750 patrol vehicles, 120 ambulances, 25 tow trucks, and more than 200 motorbikes.
The statement read in part, “Pursuant to the declaration of Friday, 6 June, 2025 as the day of Eid el Kabir in Nigeria, the Federal Road Safety Corps has commenced massive Mobilisation of its personnel and operational equipments for the Sallah special patrol aimed at ensuring safer road environment, before, during the festive period and beyond.
“The Operations Order states that not fewer than 36,000 of the FRSC Regular, Special Marshals, and about 750 Patrol Vehicles, 120 Ambulances, 25 Tow Trucks and over 200 Bikes would be on the road during the special operation that would commence from 05 to 11 June, 2025.”
“To ensure the effectiveness of the operations, the Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, directed commanding officers operating across various formations nationwide to ensure that the 52 corridors are properly manned throughout the operations.
“He, however, appealed to motorists to obey all traffic rules and regulations and cooperate fully with the FRSC and other law enforcement agencies that would be deployed for traffic management duties, saying mobile courts would be in session across the country for prompt dispensation of justice to recalcitrant traffic violators.
“The corps marshal also directed that the operatives pay first-rate focus on effective traffic control, wrongful overtaking, use of phone while driving, drivers’ licence violation, lane discipline, removal of rickety vehicles on the road, driving with expired/ worn out tyres and without spare tyre, etc”, Ogungbemide noted.
Meanwhile, commanding officers have been instructed to ensure full coverage of 52 key corridors nationwide. These include major highways such as Akwanga-Lafiya-Makurdi, Abuja-Kaduna-Kano, Sagamu-Mowe-Lagos, and Jos-Bauchi-Gombe, among others.
The public is encouraged to utilise the FRSC’s National Traffic Radio (107.1 FM) and toll-free line 122 to report accidents, obstructions, or traffic congestion.
The Corps Marshal further urged all road users to cooperate with enforcement officers and to promote responsible driving habits during the festivities.
