Nigeria, Aug. 28 -- The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it has written to the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, where the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) is domiciled, to stop the salary of its operatives who allegedly extorted a road user of N100,000 in Cross River State.

The Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Shehu Mohammed, disclosed this in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES.

"We don't control our salary. But what we can do is to notify the IPPIS office to stop this person's salary. So, the salary has already been stopped," Mr Mohammed said.

This newspaper had reported that the operative absconded from duty and was declared AWOL by the corps.

The corps marshal explained that the proce...