Within Thursday, December 1, and Friday,
December 2, there have been reports
regarding deaths of two corps members.
The co-incidence as many would call it is
one that has stirred great debates
regarding the importance of the National
Youth Service Corp (NYSC).
Many do not see the importance of having to
serve for one year, after graduating from the
University.
Like the two cases recorded in the last
2days, Nigeria has mourned many corps
members who died while serving their
fatherland. Below are the top 6 for
2016.
1. The unknown comrade
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
member is feared drowned in a boat
accident on Thursday in Okpotuwari
Community in Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area of Bayelsa.
Sources in the community told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that
the corps member, who hailed from
Anambra drowned when the canoe he
boarded capsized.
A yet to be identified corps member is said to
have died in a boat accident at Okpotuwari
Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government
Area of Bayelsa.
Mr Tontiemote Yeiyei, a resident of the
community said that the deceased, who
was serving at Okpotuwari Community
had gone to Ondewari with two of his
friends across the Osiana creek by a
hand paddled canoe.
Yeiyei said the ill-fated canoe
encountered rough currents at the jetty
as the deceased and the others were
returning to Okpotuwari.
He said that following the boat accident,
sympathisers quickly raised a search
party, during which the two others were
rescued alive.
“The rescue team searched for the
remains of the drowned corps member to
no avail, and local divers later joined
them but they are yet to find the body.
Hopefully it will be afloat by Saturday.
“The survivors have been stabilised and
are being taken care of at a clinic,”
Yeiyei said.
Marine police sources in Southern Ijaw
said that the incident was yet to be
reported.
2. James Onuh
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The incident took place at Obele, a
suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state
capital. James Onuh was reportedly
killed by suspected cultists in the
community.
File photo :James Onuh was reportedly killed by
Suspected cultists in Obele community.
According to reports, the deceased, a
graduate of the Federal University of
Agriculture, Markurdi in Benue State,
was attached to the Bayelsa State
Ministry of Works for his primary
assignment. Official sources at the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
gave his name as
Confirming the development,
spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police
Command, Asimin Butswat, said the
deceased was shot and was rushed to
the hospital, where he later died. "We
are trailing the suspects; investigations
are ongoing," said the spokesman.
3. Okonta Samuel
Okonta Samuel, with call-up number
RV/15B/5539, was serving in Rivers
state and he died while helping to
facilitate the election re-run.
A statement by the NYSC said Samuel,
who served at GCSS Ukpeliede, was shot
dead by unknown gunmen in Ahoada
West Local Government Area.
Okonta Samuel was killed while helping to
facilitate the Rivers election re-run.
The scheme said: “The murder of this
patriotic young man, who was an
orphan, is primitive, barbaric, and
ungodly; and should be strongly
condemned by all well-meaning
Nigerians.
“The NYSC shall work with relevant
agencies to ensure that the perpetrators
of this heinous act are fished out and
made to face the full wrath of the law.
“We consider Okonta Samuel’s death as
a great loss, not only to his immediate
family, but also to all of us in the NYSC
family and the entire nation. It prayed
for the repose of his soul and for the
family to have the fortitude to bear the
loss. NYSC also said two other corps
members that were with the deceased at
the time of the incident were rescued by
security agents.
It added: “We also wish to inform that
another corps member Anana Aniekan
Udoetor (RV/15B/5537), who was earlier
reported missing, has been found and is
hale and hearty.”
4. Miss Chiyerum Elechi
She was a newly deployed female corps
member and she died at her place of
deployment in Bayelsa. Chiyerum is said
to have bleed profusely from her
orifices before finally dying at the
orientation camp in Kaiama, Kolokuma-
Opokoma local government area of the
state.
This Day reports that the deceased was
confirmed dead in a hospital in
Yenagoa Wednesday, November 30,
after she reported to the camp with an
ailment that made her to bleed and
vomit blood from the openings in her
body.
Miss Elechi, 27, who hailed from Rivers
State and studied at the Ignatius Azuru
University of Education, Port Harcourt,
Rivers state, was reportedly found
vomiting at her lodge after arriving the
camp sick and could not participate in
most activities lined up for the day’s
session of the orientation.
Some NYSC officials who spoke in
confidence, described the incident as a
case of non-disclosure of an ailment by
the corps member as a search carried
out on her hostel showed sanitary pads
and her dresses soaked in blood.
A source at the camp said the corps
member was found vomiting and
bleeding and was immediately rushed to
the camp’s clinic, where the doctors said
her case was too severe to be treated
there.
“She was driven to a hospital in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
Unfortunately before getting to the
hospital she died. She was only five days
old at the camp.
“The news of her death shocked
everybody. We have not recovered from it
because it is painful to die that way after
going through higher institutions,” the
source said.
“The doctor at the NYSC camp clinic had
immediately referred her to the State
owned Diette-Koki Memorial Hospital in
Opolo area of the state capital where she
was confirmed dead,” it added.
5. Ifedolapo Oladepo
Ifedolapo Oladepo, was recently
reported dead at the NYSC orientation
camp in Kano, due to negligence after
they thought she was faking sickness to
avoid parade.
Ifedolapo Oladepo was a very brilliant student.
The first class Transport Management
graduate of the Ladoke Akintola
university of Technology (LAUTECH),
Ogbomoso, was buried yesterday,
December 1, in her hometown in
Osogbo, Osun state.
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6. Ukeme Asuquo
A first class graduate of Petroleum
Engineering from the University of Uyo,
identifeid as Ukeme Asuquo , died at the
National Youth Service Corp (NYSC)
camp in Zamfara state.
It was gathered that Ukeme passed away
on Thursday, December 1, after
suffering from Diarrhea.
According to his friend, Victor Jerry
Emah, Ukeme never wanted to go for
service in Zamfara and was destabilized
the moment he received his call-up
letter.
Ukeme was a brilliant student who won
4 scholarships as a student and finished
as Overall Best Engineering Student in
his set.
The heartbroken mother of the NYSC
2016 batch B member, Ifedolapo
Oladepo, who recently died at the Kano
orientation camp, has shared her grief,
recounting how she contacted her
before her death.
Reading through the stories of these
corps members who lost their lives
while serving, one is quickly drawn to
the fact that a lot of care and attention
is lacking with regards to the NYSC
programme.
The government must make a very
conscious effort to see that the
participants of this scheme are well
protected and are given the best of
medical attention.
It is sad that a child would be trained
up to university level, only to have him
or her lose his or her life in a situation
that could have been handled in better
ways.
This is a wake up call to the
government, they need to look into the
NYSC programme and decide if it is
worth keeping or if it is time to scrap it
entirely.
December 2, there have been reports
regarding deaths of two corps members.
The co-incidence as many would call it is
one that has stirred great debates
regarding the importance of the National
Youth Service Corp (NYSC).
Many do not see the importance of having to
serve for one year, after graduating from the
University.
Like the two cases recorded in the last
2days, Nigeria has mourned many corps
members who died while serving their
fatherland. Below are the top 6 for
2016.
1. The unknown comrade
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
member is feared drowned in a boat
accident on Thursday in Okpotuwari
Community in Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area of Bayelsa.
Sources in the community told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that
the corps member, who hailed from
Anambra drowned when the canoe he
boarded capsized.
A yet to be identified corps member is said to
have died in a boat accident at Okpotuwari
Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government
Area of Bayelsa.
Mr Tontiemote Yeiyei, a resident of the
community said that the deceased, who
was serving at Okpotuwari Community
had gone to Ondewari with two of his
friends across the Osiana creek by a
hand paddled canoe.
Yeiyei said the ill-fated canoe
encountered rough currents at the jetty
as the deceased and the others were
returning to Okpotuwari.
He said that following the boat accident,
sympathisers quickly raised a search
party, during which the two others were
rescued alive.
“The rescue team searched for the
remains of the drowned corps member to
no avail, and local divers later joined
them but they are yet to find the body.
Hopefully it will be afloat by Saturday.
“The survivors have been stabilised and
are being taken care of at a clinic,”
Yeiyei said.
Marine police sources in Southern Ijaw
said that the incident was yet to be
reported.
2. James Onuh
SoHo New York
Visit exciting activities like
shopping, restaurants, concert,
parties & art galleries.
The incident took place at Obele, a
suburb of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state
capital. James Onuh was reportedly
killed by suspected cultists in the
community.
File photo :James Onuh was reportedly killed by
Suspected cultists in Obele community.
According to reports, the deceased, a
graduate of the Federal University of
Agriculture, Markurdi in Benue State,
was attached to the Bayelsa State
Ministry of Works for his primary
assignment. Official sources at the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)
gave his name as
Confirming the development,
spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police
Command, Asimin Butswat, said the
deceased was shot and was rushed to
the hospital, where he later died. "We
are trailing the suspects; investigations
are ongoing," said the spokesman.
3. Okonta Samuel
Okonta Samuel, with call-up number
RV/15B/5539, was serving in Rivers
state and he died while helping to
facilitate the election re-run.
A statement by the NYSC said Samuel,
who served at GCSS Ukpeliede, was shot
dead by unknown gunmen in Ahoada
West Local Government Area.
Okonta Samuel was killed while helping to
facilitate the Rivers election re-run.
The scheme said: “The murder of this
patriotic young man, who was an
orphan, is primitive, barbaric, and
ungodly; and should be strongly
condemned by all well-meaning
Nigerians.
“The NYSC shall work with relevant
agencies to ensure that the perpetrators
of this heinous act are fished out and
made to face the full wrath of the law.
“We consider Okonta Samuel’s death as
a great loss, not only to his immediate
family, but also to all of us in the NYSC
family and the entire nation. It prayed
for the repose of his soul and for the
family to have the fortitude to bear the
loss. NYSC also said two other corps
members that were with the deceased at
the time of the incident were rescued by
security agents.
It added: “We also wish to inform that
another corps member Anana Aniekan
Udoetor (RV/15B/5537), who was earlier
reported missing, has been found and is
hale and hearty.”
4. Miss Chiyerum Elechi
She was a newly deployed female corps
member and she died at her place of
deployment in Bayelsa. Chiyerum is said
to have bleed profusely from her
orifices before finally dying at the
orientation camp in Kaiama, Kolokuma-
Opokoma local government area of the
state.
This Day reports that the deceased was
confirmed dead in a hospital in
Yenagoa Wednesday, November 30,
after she reported to the camp with an
ailment that made her to bleed and
vomit blood from the openings in her
body.
Miss Elechi, 27, who hailed from Rivers
State and studied at the Ignatius Azuru
University of Education, Port Harcourt,
Rivers state, was reportedly found
vomiting at her lodge after arriving the
camp sick and could not participate in
most activities lined up for the day’s
session of the orientation.
Some NYSC officials who spoke in
confidence, described the incident as a
case of non-disclosure of an ailment by
the corps member as a search carried
out on her hostel showed sanitary pads
and her dresses soaked in blood.
A source at the camp said the corps
member was found vomiting and
bleeding and was immediately rushed to
the camp’s clinic, where the doctors said
her case was too severe to be treated
there.
“She was driven to a hospital in
Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital.
Unfortunately before getting to the
hospital she died. She was only five days
old at the camp.
“The news of her death shocked
everybody. We have not recovered from it
because it is painful to die that way after
going through higher institutions,” the
source said.
“The doctor at the NYSC camp clinic had
immediately referred her to the State
owned Diette-Koki Memorial Hospital in
Opolo area of the state capital where she
was confirmed dead,” it added.
5. Ifedolapo Oladepo
Ifedolapo Oladepo, was recently
reported dead at the NYSC orientation
camp in Kano, due to negligence after
they thought she was faking sickness to
avoid parade.
Ifedolapo Oladepo was a very brilliant student.
The first class Transport Management
graduate of the Ladoke Akintola
university of Technology (LAUTECH),
Ogbomoso, was buried yesterday,
December 1, in her hometown in
Osogbo, Osun state.
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Download Allatra - worth reading
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6. Ukeme Asuquo
A first class graduate of Petroleum
Engineering from the University of Uyo,
identifeid as Ukeme Asuquo , died at the
National Youth Service Corp (NYSC)
camp in Zamfara state.
It was gathered that Ukeme passed away
on Thursday, December 1, after
suffering from Diarrhea.
According to his friend, Victor Jerry
Emah, Ukeme never wanted to go for
service in Zamfara and was destabilized
the moment he received his call-up
letter.
Ukeme was a brilliant student who won
4 scholarships as a student and finished
as Overall Best Engineering Student in
his set.
The heartbroken mother of the NYSC
2016 batch B member, Ifedolapo
Oladepo, who recently died at the Kano
orientation camp, has shared her grief,
recounting how she contacted her
before her death.
Reading through the stories of these
corps members who lost their lives
while serving, one is quickly drawn to
the fact that a lot of care and attention
is lacking with regards to the NYSC
programme.
The government must make a very
conscious effort to see that the
participants of this scheme are well
protected and are given the best of
medical attention.
It is sad that a child would be trained
up to university level, only to have him
or her lose his or her life in a situation
that could have been handled in better
ways.
This is a wake up call to the
government, they need to look into the
NYSC programme and decide if it is
worth keeping or if it is time to scrap it
entirely.
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