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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

FRSC Zone 5 headquarters gets new zonal commanding officer

Cyril Mathew has assumed duty as the 34th zonal commanding officer of the zone 5 headquarters, Benin, of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

• April 21, 2026
Cyril Mathew
Cyril Mathew

Cyril Mathew has assumed duty as the 34th zonal commanding officer of the Zone 5 headquarters, Benin, of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

The zone comprises Edo, Delta and Anambra. This was announced in a statement on Tuesday.

Mr Ebomwonyi said that Mathew, who assumed duty at the zonal headquarters on April 7, took over from his predecessor, ACM Joseph Toby, who had retired on April 4.

The new ZCO had served the corps in various capacities as unit head of operations, unit commander, sector head of operations, head of admin/human resources, head of plants and sector commander in Rivers, Oyo, Sokoto, Jigawa, FCT, Lagos, among others.

The new zonal commanding officer as calling on residents in the zone, as well as officers and men of the corps in Edo, Delta and Anambra, in making the highways safer for all road users.

(NAN)

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