The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has warned motorists to stop killing their officers with careless driving on the roads.
The FRSC said the recklesss manner motorists drive has caused the death of many officers while many others have been severely injured.
Dauda Ali Biu, the Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC, has lamented the loss of two officers of the Corps.
He has therefore pledged that those involved in the act will be made to face justice.
Bisi Kazeem, the Assistant Corps Marshal and Corps Public Education Officer, in a statement released in Abuja, revealed that the two officers of the Corps were killed by a truck driver along Ikot-Ikpene – Aba route on Friday.
The statement partly reads: “The crash occured as a result of excessive speed indulged by the driver of a DAF articulated truck while trying to dodge a pothole along the axis.
“According to preliminary investigation , the fatal crash involved FRSC Patrol Vehicle and a white coloured truck.
“The road crash affected a total of eight male adults, out of which two sustained severe injuries, two were killed while the remaining four passengers were rescued without any injuries.
“The injured persons have been taken to Ikot Ekpene General hospital and the dead deposited in the mortuary of the same hospital respectively.
“The Acting Corps Marshal, expresses his heartfelt condolences to the families of the Staff who lost their lives in active service while assuring the public of the Corps’ resilience and resolve to ensure that the perpetrators of such bad driving culture are forced to face the law; or desist from such act by complying with acceptable road safety regulations, as the Corps will not spare anyone engaged in this deadly act of recklessness on the road.”