The Federal Road Safety Corp it arrested over 13,000 illegal motorcycle riders and impounded about 20,000 motorcycles across the country in August.

The Federal Road Safety Corp FRSC said it has arrested over 13,000 illegal motorcycle riders and impounded about 20,000 motorcycles across the country in August.

Acting FRSC Corp Marshall, Dauda Biu, while addressing newsmen in Abuja on the preparation for accident-free operations in the ember months, noted that it has also uploaded over 100,000 into the national vehicle identification database.

Biu said the corps is set to carry out a safety awareness campaign in public places such as the motor parks on the need to avoid overloading and overspeeding during the ember months.

He added that part of the efforts they have put in place towards achieving a robust data collection is the ongoing special enforcement operations on unregistered motorcycles which commence at the beginning of August in response to the directive issued by the Presidency.