The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, office in Ogoja, Cross Rivers State was invaded on Friday night during a heavy downpour by armed robbers who cart away the biometric and demographic desktop computers used in producing driving licence.
According to report, they gained access through one of the windows after cutting the burglary.
It can be recalled that less than a week before the incident, the State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr. Ikechukwu Igwe, had stated that over 60 per cent of driving licences used by drivers in Cross River State were fake as they were not captured as required in the data base of the commission.
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“I have discovered that about 60 per cent of driving licences in this state are fake. They are produced by touts and are not captured in our data base.
“During last week’s enlightenment campaign with tanker drivers, we discovered that out of over 70 licences that were checked, more than 50 of them were fake”.
The Sector Commander confirmed the stolen items saying, “the Ogoja office of the FRSC was actually burgled last Friday night. The robbers made away with some of the sensitive machines used in the production of driving licence.
“The command is warning the public to be mindful of those who will approach them to issue driving licence through the shortcut without being captured.”
