Unknown assailants shot a National Youth Service Corps member in Akwa Ibom state - The late corps member was shot dead while “hanging out” with other corps members whom he went visiting - The commissioner of police in the state has deployed a special force to investigate the killing The Nigerian police has confirmed that a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member has been shot dead in Akwa Ibom state, Premium Times reports.
NAIJ.com gathered that the Akwa Ibom police in a statement issued on Monday, January 8, said the corps member was shot on Sunday, January 7, in Eket by unknown assailants who were on a motorcycle. the police spokesperson in the state, said the late corps member was "hanging out” at Akanimo street with other corp members whom he went visiting when he was shot. The police didn’t give the victim’s name but said he was 27 years old and was serving at a public school at Nung Obong in Nsit Ubium local government area of the state. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, the commissioner of police in the state, has deployed a special force from the State Criminal Investigation Department to Eket to investigate the killing. The police chief assured the NYSC in the state that those behind the killing would be apprehended and brought to justice. NAIJ.com previously reported that the National Youth Service Corps on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, said it is doing everything possible to make sure that justice is done to the suspected killer of its member in Ogun state Tawose Modupe. A driving instructor, Festus Udoh, allegedly lured the 23-year-old corps member Modupe into a bush at Mawuko, in the Odeda local government area of the state where he strangled her. The state NYSC coordinator John Okpo during a visit to the family of the deceased on Wednesday, December 21, 2017, said the corps would strive to protect and defend the rights of its members.