Tomisin, 24, was posted to Giade Local
Government Area of Bauchi State by the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for
his primary assignment after the
orientation exercise at Wailo Camp in
September 2011.
Tomisin,was an indigene of Osun State, he
was among the 200 other corps members
recruited as electoral officers by the
Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to cover the 20
Local Government areas in the state. As it
turned out eventually, those of them
posted to the northern parts of Bauchi
State like Katagum, Darazo, Giade,
Dambam Jammare became the biggest
casualties of the senseless riots that
trailed the presidential polls as many of
them were attacked and killed.
According to an oral source,The Batch C,
2010 corps member ran to the police
station in Giade to seek refuge as their
lodge in Giade was attacked. The rioters
attacked the station and overpowered the
policemen on duty before setting the
station on fire. They brought out Tomisin,
a graduate of Computer Science from the
University of Ilorin and about six other
corps members and killed them. Another
account also said that the female corps
members among them were allegedly
raped.
The discovery was corroborated by one of
the rape suspects arrested by the Bauchi
State Police Command and paraded
among the 67 other suspects by the
Commissioner of Police posted to the
state for the general election, according to
an oral account, Tomisin was preparing a
meal of beans when the attackers stormed
the Corpers’ lodge that Sunday afternoon.
“They were carrying big sticks, machetes
and chanting Sai Buhari, Sai CPC,” one of
the corps members who were rescued by
the police said.
But Tomisin and six of his colleagues
made for the police station to escape
being lynched.
The deceased friend who pleaded
anonymity said: “I spoke with him that
morning and asked him to come to Bauchi
to spend the weekend with me. He usually
came to Bauchi to spend the weekend with
me. I asked him to come to Bauchi as
usual. I waited for his call but he did not
call which was unusual. I tried his number
but I could not reach him.
“I went to ECWA church in Bauchi to see a
friend when another friend now called me
to inform me that Tomisin had been killed
in Giade. It was like a joke to me. I was
told that he was at home at the lodge
cooking beans when the mob attacked
them and he ran to the police station. The
policemen tried to disperse the mob but
they refused.
They even fired tear gas at them but they
did not run. They now set the place on fire
and killed Tomisin and the other corps
member.
He described the death of his colleague as
shocking. He said: “We met in camp last
September and became friends. He was a
very lively person. Our last discussion was
that he was coming to Bauchi. His dad was
even trying to get him a job at NNPC.
He also told me that he wanted to go for
his post graduate degree after the
service.”
Tomisin’s friend said he was posted to
both Giade and Bauchi, the state capital as
an electoral officer. “I was surprised to see
two postings in my name so I settled for
Bauchi since it was nearer and it is the
capital. I never knew that it would become
a killing field.”
Tomisin’s friend said that the parents
were devastated by the news.
“I can say that the NYSC is a good scheme
but the implementation is very bad. Corps
members are just posted to places to
serve but there is, in most cases, no
careful plan for their welfare and security.
It is very sad. As for me, I am through
with the service. I am not going back to
Bauchi for now. I will only go to that state
to collect my redeployment letter or
certificate.”
Remove Hairdress””
May your soul rest in peace.
Adieu Tomi”’

RIP

RIPP.... So touching