Operation Guduma: FRSC Arrests 1,691 in Nationwide Crackdown on Road Violations

Wednesday June 3, 2026
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded 1,691 arrests in just five days through a sweeping nationwide enforcement offensive codenamed Operation Guduma.

The special intervention, executed across critical transport corridors in eleven states, targeted dangerous practices including overloading, mix-loading, fake diplomatic number plates, and other fraudulent vehicle identification violations.

The breakdown of arrests included 683 for overloading and mix-loading, 1,003 for number plate-related offences, and five suspects apprehended for using fake diplomatic plates.

The operation also exposed widespread abuse of unauthorised association plates and deceptive registration schemes designed to evade lawful scrutiny.

Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed described the outcome as both revealing and alarming

“The misuse of diplomatic number plates and persistent loading violations represent not merely traffic offences but direct threats to public safety and national security. We will continue to deploy intelligence-led enforcement strategies to dismantle such practices wherever they exist,” he said.

The operation uncovered numerous vehicles operating with dangerously unlatched containers and overloaded cargoes, conditions that significantly increase the likelihood of catastrophic crashes, fatalities, and economic losses.

Mohammed warned that FRSC will sustain its zero-tolerance approach, stressing that “road safety cannot be negotiated, and every preventable crash avoided translates into lives saved, families protected, and national productivity preserved.”

Buoyed by the success of Operation Guduma, FRSC announced plans to institutionalise the intervention across major corridors nationwide while strengthening collaboration with security and law enforcement agencies to ensure offenders are prosecuted.