The Osun Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has honoured three officers for their outstanding display of? honesty in operational matters.
The officers; Messrs? Elijah Adesina, Adeola Segun and Isaiah Owoh were honoured for declaring and handing over to the command, the sum of? N2.7 million which they recovered from an accident scene.
They were presented with? plaques and certificate of commendation for their honesty? on Friday during the end of the year party organized by the sector for its officers.
In a message to the occasion, the FRSC Corps Marshal Osita Chidoka lauded the officers’ honesty.
Chidoka, who was represented by Commander Emmanuel Abe, the Head of Motor Vehicle Administration, Headquarters Abuja, noted that such action had further demonstrated that officers of the commission were credible and reliable.
Earlier, the Sector Commander, Mrs Aderonke Daniel, extolled the officers’ virtue of honesty and charged all officers of the command to sustain their diligence, hard work and honesty.
The spokesman of the recipients, Marshal Adesina, said they were happy with the recognition and the award.
“We never expected to be honoured for what we did. It is beyond our imagination. We were only carrying out our duties and never thought we would be rewarded for it,” Adesina said.
The money was recovered on Dec. 13 from a Honda Accord car involved in a lone accident at Ede Junction on the Gbongan- Osogbo road.
The command on Dec.15, handed over the money which comprised N2.65m in cheque and N61,500 in cash to the wife of the victim, Mrs Alaba Adedunye whose husband was still in the hospital at the time.
Other items recovered and handed over to Adedunye included an analogue camera and two black bags containing personal materials of the victim.
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