https://foxxymobile.com.ng/index.php?page=item&id=21The ongoing nationwide recruitment exercise being conducted by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) was disrupted for hours in Lokoja on Tuesday when one of the applicants collapsed suddenly and died.


The Kogi State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Olisegun Martins, who confirmed the incident, said that the applicant, a male collapsed shortly after successfully completing about a two-kilometre race.

Martins said that the applicant, who could not disclose his name even dropped his tally before he suddenly collapsed.


According to the commander, a team of medical officials of the FRSC joined by their Nigerian Army counterparts quickly attended to the applicant and administered first aid on him.

NAN reports that he was later taken into the army clinic in the Chari Megumeiri Barracks where the recruitment was taking place for treatment.

Martins explained, however, that the applicant died barely 30 minutes after he was admitted into the clinic.


He clarified that the incident would not result to the suspension of the recruitment in Kogi, expressing his condolences to the family of the deceased.

Moverover, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said that applicants with tattoos, bow and K’ legs would be disqualified from its ongoing screening.


Oyeyemi disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while inspecting the screening exercise at Ikeja 9 Brigades Military Cantonment in Lagos on Tuesday.

“In any uniform service, you are not supposed to have tattoo on your body; likewise twisted eyes, bow, K’ legs and flat foot are not allowed in the service.


“This is because anybody with bow and K’ legs will not be able to stand and walk for a long period of time.

“In uniform service, you must be able to walk and run long distances in case of emergency.

To save life, you will be required to walk long distances and you won’t be able to perform your duty if you have “K“ or flat leg.


“We have patrol duties for eight hours and rescue exercise can take up to five hours and if you are not fit you can’t do it.

“Likewise pregnant and married women, we can’t take them because that is the rule for uniform services,” Oyeyemi said.

The FRSC boss said that the screening had been going on smoothly across the country.

“We have states that have high concentration of applicants, like Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Kaduna, Benue, Lagos, Enugu and Oyo.

He expressed satisfaction with the progress made so far in the exercise.

Oyeyemi commended the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Air Force, Police, Civil Defence and the Department of State Security Service (DSS) for their maximum support for the success of the screening.

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