Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Commission, Boboye Oyeyemi, has approved the redeployment of seventy-one senior officers nationwide for enhanced performance.

According to Oyeyemi, the redeployment, aimed at repositioning the commission, affects three zonal commanding officers alongside several sector commanders.

Oyeyemi says the redeployment takes immediate effect, saying handing and taking over process is expected to be completed latest by Saturday.

He enjoins all senior officers of the corps to brace up to the challenges of ensuring safety for Nigerians in line with the Corps’ twenty-seventeen strategic goals.

Former Sector Commander in Rivers, Ayodele Kumapayi who was recalled recently for forcibly cutting the hair of some female personnel, is now the Head of Corps Safety and Transport Office at the national headquarters, Abuja.

He was replaced by Corps Commander Imoh Etuk, who was formally the Corps Public Education Officer at the headquarters.

In the redeployment released by FRSC Secretary, Susan Ajenge, Kingsley Agomo, the former Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone 7, Abuja, was moved to Zone 6, Port Harcourt.

Jonas Agwu, who was in charge of Zone 6, Port Harcourt, was redeployed to Zone 4, Jos.

The erstwhile Commanding Officer of Zone 4 Jos, Oludare Fadogba, takes over the affairs of Zone 7, Abuja.

A.A. Nwaka, who recently completed a course at the National Defence College, Abuja, was deployed to the National Headquarters, Abuja, to take over as the Assistant Corps Marshal in charge of Admin section.

Corps Commander Bisi Kazeem, who was the Head of Media Relations and Strategy at the headquarters, takes over from Etuk as the new Corps Public Education Officer.

Also affected is the former Kaduna State Sector Commander, Mr Francis Udoma, who is now the Head of Transport Section at the Technical Service Department at the national headquarters.

Former Sector Commander, Gombe, David Mendie, was moved to Benue as Sector Commander, while Chidi Nkwonta, the erstwhile Sector Commander, Benue, takes charge in Cross River in the same capacity.

Similarly, Ikechukwu Igwe was moved from Cross River as Sector Commander to Bayelsa in the same capacity.