Another Youth Corps Member killed in Imo state

Firstclass newsline learnt that barely two weeks after the murder of a
female corps member, Yetunde Shukurat Idowu, in Ilorin, Kwara State,
the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has
announced the gruesome murder of another corps member, Akpanika Hope
Frampton, who until his death served in Imo State.
According to a statement from the national secretariat of NYSC,
Akpanika, who hailed from Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of
Cross River State, was murdered at his residence about 5p.m. on
Saturday, June 6, 2015 with stabs of knife on his body.
The late corps member, who was mobilised for the 2014 Batch 'C' and
deployed to Imo State, was posted to Christ the Saviour Secondary
School, Aboh Mbaise, for his primary assignment.
According to the statement, "The Director General of NYSC, Brig.
General Johnson Olawumi, had dispatched a team of officers from the
NYSC Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, led by the Director, Corps
Welfare and Inspectorate, Mr. Michael Ahile, accompanied by the Head
of Legal Unit, Mr. Ahmed Tijani Ibrahim and Assistant Director
Protocol and Publicity, Mr. Eddy Megwa, to among other things visit
the scene of the murder, liaise with security agencies and traditional
institutions in Imo State to ensure that the murderers of this corps
member are fished out and brought to justice."
The DG appealed to the security agencies, traditional rulers, and the
good people of Imo State to do everything within their power to
safeguard lives and property of corps members deployed to their
states.
"The DG also called on corps employers and corps members' host
communities to see the safety and welfare of corps members posted to
them as their primary responsibility. He warned that henceforth the
NYSC will not fold its hands and allow criminal elements to continue
to threaten its operations by mindless and senseless killing of corps
members serving the nation."
The management of NYSC however sympathised with the family and friends
of the late corps member over the irreparable loss of a compatriot on
national service.
Firstclassnewsline.net