Corps Member Death: NYSC To Review MoU With INEC, Says DG

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has disclosed that it will review the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure the safety of corps members during elections. This was made known by the Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi in Abuja on Tuesday, when Professor Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman paid him a condolence visit on the death of Okonta Samuel, a corps member who was killed by gunmen during the Rivers State re-run elections. According to the DG, the scheme had set up a panel of inquiry to investigate the killing and the findings of the panel would determine the need for the review of the MoU between NYSC and INEC. “In past elections, corps members have gone and come back peacefully. It is a shame that a society where there is government, elders and community leaders will allow an innocent corps member be killed.” The NYSC DG lamented that the incidence was unfortunate because the scheme has been doing all that needs to be done in collaboration with INEC to ensure the safety and security of corps members. His words: “Over the past couple of years, we have taken part in elections in Edo, Anambra, Kogi, Ekiti, Osun States. As turbulent as these elections were in these states, over 6,000 corps members took part and no one was lost. While commending security agencies for their role in ensuring the protection of corps members, the DG said the NYSC would review security arrangements to forestall future occurrence. Adding that the commission would participate in honouring the deceased and other corps members who might suffer from any form of injury in the cause of participating in election duty. Thanks for reading.

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