To ensure safe trips during the ongoing raining season, the Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Dauda Ali Biu, has cautioned motoring public plying the Abuja-Yola road and those traveling from North-Easten part of the country to the North Central to avoid the Bauchi-Gombe road to ply alternative route.
Speaking through the Assistant Corps Marshal, ACM, Corps Public Education Officer, CPEO, FRSC, Abuja, Bizi Kazeem, in a statement on Sunday, Biu said that the advisory became necessary because of a heavy downpour on Sunday morning which had washed away the culvert on the road.
The statement said, “According to report gathered from our operatives from the field, there was a failed culvert at Kalajaga village.
“This is km118 Bauchi-Gombe road, whereby the heavy rainfall washed away the culvert between Bauchi to Gombe, making the road not motorable.
“The culvert is completely washed away and the road cut off and alternative route is advised.
“Therefore, motorists from Abuja heading to Yola should go through Abuja-Jos-Bauchi-Darazo-Duku-Gombe-Yola; while motorists from Yola to Abuja should ply Yola-Gombe-Duku-Darazo-Bauchi-Jos-Abuja respectively.”
The Corps however, solicits maximum cooperation of the motoring public on this development, while promising to continue to update the public periodically on further developments.
The FRSC further informed that its operatives are fully on ground controlling traffic and diverting vehicles at the affected section of the road, and ensuring safety for all.
