Nigeria, Aug. 4 -- A Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) official, who is being investigated for alleged extortion of N100,000, has absconded, according to the FRSC.

The FRSC spokesperson, Olusegun Ogungbemide, disclosed this to PREMIUM TIMES on Friday.

PREMIUM TIMES reported in June that a Nigerian journalist, Agba Jalingo, in a Facebook post, accused officials of the corps in Calabar, Cross River State, of extorting money from a driver for not wearing a seatbelt.

"This Road Safety team also arrested a vehicle yesterday in Calabar and extorted N100k from the driver for not wearing a seat belt.

"The money was extorted through the private account of one Zeal Nkere Richard before the vehicle was released. That's the vehicle they used," he ...