FRSC Commends Heroic Tanker Driver For Averting Road Traffic Fatality, Offers Him Award For Bravery
By Angeline Mgbele, Senior Correspondent, Abuja
The Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC) has commended the bravery, courage, and professionalism of Otarigho Ejiro, the Tanker driver who showed heroism by averting what would have been a major catastrophy on our roads. The Tanker driver’s display of professionalism has endeared the Corps Marshal , Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi to bestow upon him an award for rare exhibition of bravery. The award shall be given to him at a date to be announced soon .
According to the Corps Public Education Officer, ACM Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Marshal, who received the report of the incident, which occured in Agbarho community of the East West road in Ughelli north local government area, of Delta State, south south, Nigeria, on Friday described the heroic act as; “patriotic, sacrificial, selfless and highly commendable”.
He said that the commendation was done to reaffirm the position of the Corps as an agency that did not only punish drivers when they contravened the law, but also commended them when they displayed professionalism in driving.
He called on other drivers who convey inflammable products to emulate Mr. Ejiro’s courage and professionalism.
