FRSC raises `Cobra Squad’
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Friday inaugurated a special patrol team codenamed “Cobra Squad’ in the FCT, preparatory to the July 1 commencement of mental test on recalcitrant traffic law violators. The move came a day before the planned nationwide enforcement of mental stability/psychological test on traffic offenders by the commission. The test would focus on life threatening violations, such as use of phone while driving, route violation, traffic light violation, dangerous driving and overloading. The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, inaugurated the squad, along with 10 equipped patrol motorcycles, five vans and an ambulance, dedicated to the exercise in the FCT. He used the occasion to reiterate his warning against assault of FRSC personnel in the country, stressing that the commission would press for maximum punishment of culprits. Oyeyemi said he would personally lead the FCT squad, adding that similar teams and logistics would be deployed at the zona