Gunmen attack NYSC members, kill one along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway

Unknown gunmen have attacked about 17 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members along Abuja-Kaduna expressway where one of the corps members named Bomoi Yusuf was shot dead.

Newsflash247 gathered that 17 corps members have completed the 2020 Batch “B” Stream 1B orientation programme at Ede, Osun State, on Tuesday, December, 22, 2020 boarded vehicles heading towards the northern part of the country.

The deceased corps member’s body has been deposited at the Sabon Wuse General Hospital in Niger State.

He was said to be a graduate of English Language from the Federal University, Gashua.

According to the management of the NYSC said that 17 corps members were accosted by a gang of armed robbers whose sporadic gun shots killed a corps member, Bomoi Yusuf.

Adenike Adeyemi, Director, Press and Public Relations of the scheme, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

“The true position is that, indeed, 17 corps members that completed the 2020 Batch “B” Stream 1B orientation programme at Ede, Osun State, on Tuesday, December, 22, 2020 boarded vehicles heading towards the northern part of the country.

“Tragically, along Jere-Abuja Expressway, they were accosted by a gang of armed robbers whose sporadic gun shots unfortunately felled corps member Bomoi Yusuf.

“It is imperative to state that the 16 other corps members were never abducted,” she said.

According to her, the death of any corps member is a big loss, not just to his family, but to the scheme and the entire Nation at large.

”Management wishes to convey its deepest condolences to the family of Late corps member Yusuf and prayed God to grant them the fortitude to bear the painful loss,” she said.

She said the Director-General of the scheme, Shuaibu Ibrahim, admonished all corps members to adhere strictly to the safety guidelines issued to them from time to time, which particularly frowns at night travels.

(NAN)

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