Kogi flood: Miscreants Exploit Stranded Travellers •FRSC Deploys More Personnel in Affected Area
This came barely 48 hours after the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had closed the road to ensure safety of lives and properties on the Lokoja-Abuja road, based on the fact that some could not afford to go through Benue before getting to Abuja.
When the Nigerian Tribune visited the affected passengers on Tuesday, it was gathered that the travelers were in haste to get across to Abuja and other parts of the North and had to pay through their nose before their vehicles could be ferried from end of Lokoja to Jamata Bridge.
It was further disclosed that that people were charged in line with the types of cars, as Jeep owners and other posh car owners pay as much as N10,000, while other paid between N5,000 and N8,000.
At Kabawa in Lokoja, some area boys were seen in the pool of water extorting money from motorists with rendering any services, while passengers travelling to Eastern part of the country had to be ferried in canoes to enable them to continue their journey.
Meanwhile, as travellers on the Makurdi-Gboko road contend with the increase in volume of water which has submerged the highway, the FRSC has warned motorists plying the routes on the need for safety consciousness.
Consequently, the corps had deployed more personnel and logistics for traffic control and rescue in the event of road crashes.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Jonas Agwu, said “the corps’ personnel in Benue State have been deployed along the affected 10 kilometres stretch of the Makurdi-Gboko road for intensive traffic calming at Abife village.”
Members of the public are also enjoined to contact the FRSC through its emergency lines: 070022553772 or toll free 122 in case of a road crash and other traffic-related issues.
Source:Tribune
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