Two corps members serving in Community Secondary school Iddo in Asari-Toru LGA of Rivers State were yesterday night severely burnt beyond recognition by unknown persons who attacked them in their room.

Report given to us this morning by another serving corp member in the area said the two corps members who are both females were locked in after the attackers had poured fuel in their room and then set the room on fire.

One of the corper is named Okey Winifred a batch C corps member while the other whose name could not be ascertained as at time of this report is a new batch B corps member that just left camp and reported at the PPA few days ago.

Both of them are currently in critical condition at the Intensive care unit (ICU) of Uniport Teaching Hospital.


The attackers are still unknown, however the story going round among other corpers in the community is they are probably some of the students in their PPA.

Rivers state is becoming a more dangerous place for youth corpers as they are easily victims of violent attacks by locals and kidnapping gangs. We hope the concern authority will do something urgently and curb the various violence against the corps members. God help us

SOURCE- http://metronaija.com/photo-two-female-nysc-corps-members-set-ablaze-in-rivers-state/

Too bad.

Something need to be done! All these ugly scenarios have a correlation with the ongoing political crisis in Rivers state. If care is not taken,a state of anarchy would ensue.

Na wa o

evil men

Am not going for service without visiting Baba at the village first. . . This world is becoming more wicked.

Why won't all these be happening in rivers. It's obvious the land has been coursed by the innocent "ALLU 4", this is just the beginning even the governor is not going to be spared!

And our senators are more interesting in life time pension.

Why do all these just to prove an already known insecure nature of the state for d police CP to be changed?

what re ppl turning into,smh

Y are Rivers ppl always voilent...ALUU 4..nw corpers

Scrap NYSC ASAP

And we though amnesty could solve their madness? Bloody illiterate creek touts

Arise o compatriots................

If all these things had happened in the North, I think the story, headlines, publicity, and polticisation will be quite different from what we seeing and hearing now. I think our problem is not really our leaders after all, our problem is simply ourselves for allowing nepotism and hypocrisy take over our conscience. Until we see ourselves as Nigerians and not Northern, Southern, Muslim or Christian, our problem will still be far from solved. My heart goes out to the affected corpers as well as I will still warn them to desist from any act that could jeopardise or risk their life wherever they are posted because sometimes our youths acts very irrational even though I condemn the act in its totality as no aggression whatsoever should have warranted such actions and wickedness against anyone.

chidindufrank: Scrap NYSC ASAP

What about ALUU, Rivers state assembly recent violence, and other social/youth vices. This isn't about NYSC, it is about the little regard we have for human lives. RIP to the dead.

See what pej has caused.may dare soul rest in peace if dey died.amin

Maidoki14: See what pej has caused.may dare soul rest in peace if dey died.amin

u take alomo mix with milk abi.

SCRAP. NYSC!!!

The wicked shall neva go unpurnish

Omg! Why now

All dis ppl will now use dis as a yardstick for NYSC to be scrapped.

What awicked world, by the way what is this Rivers state turning into.anyway can a blind man lead civilized people.Amechi is not only blind, but a blind tout. Gush. Nne m i wish you girls quick recovery ok.

Poor, poor girls.

Shey it is now a crime to serve the nation ni?

JESUS! JESUS!! JESUS!!! This is very pathetic! Even Gej or Ngozi Okonjo doesnt deserve this kind of barbaric treatment. May God have mercy!

I think it's high time they stop posting corpers to rivers state.

I think it's high time they stop posting corpers to river state. Watin self.

What is it with rivers state and setting people ablaze?? First it was aluu4, now its corp members. Like seriously, what d phuck is it with rivers state?!

Desric: If all these things had happened in the North, I think the story, headlines, publicity, and polticisation will be quite different from what we seeing and hearing now. I think our problem is not really our leaders after all, our problem is simply ourselves for allowing nepotism and hypocrisy take over our conscience. Until we see ourselves as Nigerians and not Northern, Southern, Muslim or Christian, our problem will still be far from solved. My heart goes out to the affected corpers as well as I will still warn them to desist from any act that could jeopardise or risk their life wherever they are posted because sometimes our youths acts very irrational even though I condemn the act in its totality as no aggression whatsoever should have warranted such actions and wickedness against anyone.

Why bring sectionalism into this? What is bad is bad!

I feel sorry for the girls and their anxious parents

Maidoki14: See what pej has caused.may dare soul rest in peace if dey died.amin

u are so bckward in reasoning

booqee: What is it with rivers state and setting people ablaze?? First it was aluu4, now its corp members. Like seriously, what d phuck is it with rivers state?!

Sister, It's not peculiar to Rivers state alone.