By Stanley Onyekwere
As part of efforts to make FCT roads safe, especially during the 2023 Presidential elections the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) has disclosed the deployment of a total of 507 officers to man the roads during and after today’s elections.
In particular, the officers are to manage the traffic in every part of the Territory to ensure free movement of electoral materials and those on essential duties.
A statement from Head, Public Relations Division FCT, DRTS, Kalu Emetu, explained that number is to cover nine sectoral areas of the territory which include: Abaji/Rubochi; Karishi/Karu; Kwali; kuje; Gwagwalada; Municipal; Dutse/Bwari; Kabusa and Zuba/Dei Dei sectors.
It added that each of the sectors is to be manned by 25 officers where they are required to enforce traffic restrictions during the period of the elections. Every sector is to operate with two Hilux vehicles.
According to the statement, eighty-seven officers were deployed to the national situation room collation center to cordon off traffic from the thirteen-traffic access point around the collation centers.
Also, sixty officers had been deployed to the three boundary points of the FCT to monitor traffic in the areas, the boundary areas include Abaji, Zuba, and Nyanya.
Similarly, fifty inspection officers were deployed to inspect and to certify the 520 vehicles conveying electrical materials to various locations in the FCT.
It further explained that fifty officers and men were deployed to join in the show of force with other security agencies in the Territory.
“It is pertinent to note that the Directorate also deployed materials and vehicular logistics support for the success of the elections.
“The material and logistics support include; 53 Hilux vehicles, 20 motorbikes and riders, 20 iron barricades, 4 numbers of juggernaut, and 1 coaster bus.
“The officers were however directed to exhibit a high level of discipline as enshrined in the operational guidelines of the Directorate’s regulations”; the statement added.
