An official guide for FRSC staff at parades says that female employees must have a hairstyle "that can be tucked into their beret" but does not explicitly forbid long hair.
The photos, which started trending late Monday evening, show a man identified as the sector commander of the Rivers State Command of the FRSC, Andrew A. Kumapayi, using a pair of scissors to cut up the hair of some female officials.
The command had yet to address the outrage as at press time.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) yesterday said it has deployed 25,000 regular and special marshals, as well as 869 patrol cars, 267 motor bikes, 106 ambulances, and 22 tow trucks for the Easter special patrol billed to commence nationwide from thursday this week.
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Mr Palmer's body was brought to the chapel at 2pm yesterday, with a special escort from the Metropolitan Police. Earlier on Monday, police officers paid poignant tributes to Palmer with the hashtag #StandForKeith .
"Humiliation of women taken too far", Lauretta Onochie, a personal assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari, said on Twitter.
The inspection involves examination of the uniform, finger nails, as well as the hairdos of FRSC personnel.
In an SMS to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, Spokesman of the Corps, Mr Bisi Kazeem, said other officers concerned were also recalled.
The FRSC thus appealed to Nigerians to exercise patience and restraint in reacting to the development, assuring them that appropriate sanctions would be meted out to the officers after investigation.
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