The Corps Marshall and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi, have promised aggressive enforcement of traffic rules and regulations this year.

Oyeyemi said appropriate sanctions would be meted out to traffic violators to deter them.

He spoke in Asaba, Delta State, during an assessment of operations in parts of the South -south and southeast geo-political zones, as travellers are returning to their places of work and business after the Christmas and the New Year festivities.

The corps marshal launched the 2014 ember months’ special patrol in Kaduna on December 19, 2014, code-named:”Operations Zero Tolerance for Road Traffic Crashes”.

He also embarked on aerial surveillance through air support provided by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).

His Special Assistant on Media, Sani Abdullahi, in a statement, said Oyeyemi took off from Abuja with his monitoring team yesterday, as part of the second stage of the operation.

Abdullahi said the team monitored traffic on the Abuja-Lokoja and Okene-Auchi road in Edo State before proceeding to Asaba in Delta State.

He said the corps marshal received situation reports from relevant commanding officers along the corridors.

After the exercise, Oyeyemi expressed satisfaction with the level of commitment shown by the FRSC operatives while carrying out traffic operations.

He urged them to sustain the tempo of patrols in the New Year.

His words: “While I acknowledge the commitment shown by the FRSC personnel and support received from other agencies, it is pertinent to restate that we would sustain the tempo of enforcement this year.”