The Federal Road Safety Commission has dismissed insinuations that auto crashes are caused by evil spirits.

Corps Marshall and Chief Executive of FRSC, Mr. Osita Chidoka, stated this during the inauguration of "Operation Eagle Eye", aimed at sensitising members of the public on the dangers of reckless driving during the 'ember months.'

In his remark, the Chairman of the FRSC, Col. Lawan Gwadabe (rtd), at the inauguration of the 'ember months campaign' in Ibadan, Oyo State, said poor attitudinal disposition to road safety rules was the major cause of carnage on the highways.

Chidoka and Gwadade spoke in separate statements made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Sunday.

Chidoka said, "A driver who overloads his vehicles, drives at top speed regardless of the nature of the road; disobeys traffic signs with impunity, in all sincerity, cannot blame God if he lands himself in a crash that claims his life and that of his entire family members travelling with him

"This is the pitiful reality of the apathy of Nigerian drivers who deliberately jeopardise their lives through acts of commission or ommission but come back to blame God or attribute auto crashes to evil spirits - when the inevitable happens."

He added that the FRSC was a modern commission built on the ingredients of science and technology and that no man should attribute such incidents to either God or evil spirits.

Punch

It seems like some Nigerians are finanlly begining to wise up and drop most of thier ridiculous and inane supertitious and mythical beliefs that have no basis at all in reality. . . .Nice way to go chief executive of FRSC. . . .

Yea mazaje true talk - we need to drop attribution of every thing bad or accidents during christmas and ember months to evil deities or evil spirits.