5 prospective NYSC members die in auto crash
FIVE prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, were, yesterday, feared dead when a vehicle conveying them to the northern part of the country for the Batch B 2021 orientation course was involved in an accident in the nation’s capital. It was gathered that the tragedy occurred around 2:00 am along the Abaji/Kwali axis of the ever-busy Abuja-Lokoja highway, causing a gridlock that lasted for several hours. Though details of the affected prospective corps members could not be ascertained at press time, the NYSC management has confirmed the incident. The scheme’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, in a release last night, condoled with the governments and people of Akwa-Ibom and Imo states over the tragic incident. She said: “It is with a deep sense of sorrow that the Director-General, management and the entire NYSC family commiserate with the families of five prospective corps members that lost their lives in a motor accident at about 2 am t...