Nine corps members who are currently serving in Taraba State on Saturday drowned in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local government Area.

Taraba State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP David Missal, who confirmed the death of nine out of the 22 corps members who were swimming in River Mayo-Selbe said seven corpses have so far been recovered from the incident.

“Information available revealed that 22 youth corps members had gone on a picnic party in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka LGA on Saturday when the incident happened

“We were made to understand that while they were swimming in the river, there was sudden upsurge in the volume of water, which carried them away.

“Nine of them drowned, while others managed to escape.

“We have so far recovered seven corpses, while the search for the two remaining corpses is still in progress,” Missal said.

State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs. Florence Yaakugh, also confirmed the incident, which she described as “most unfortunate.”

Yaakugh also confirmed that seven bodies have been recovered, while the search for the other two bodies was still ongoing by the locals in collaboration with security agencies and the NYSC.

“It’s a very sad development and we would soon have the identity of all the corps members involved in the accident and make such information known appropriately.

“We have very sketchy information indicating that about nine of our corps members drowned in Gashaka yesterday.

“So far, seven bodies have been recovered and we are working with relevant persons to recover the rest of the bodies and to identify them.

“This is a very sad development and the entire NYSC family in Taraba State is already thrown into deep mourning,” she said.

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how very sad. The loss of lives of corp members in this administration is something else. Before some people open their ugly mouths to protest against this comment, let them remember the many others who died due to extra-judicial policemen killings as well as a failed healthcare system at the camps. These are somebody's children/brothers/sisters too.

NYSC is a total waste of time....RIP though

the numbaer of pple wer dae die every yr for nysc is 2much e cum b like say d NYSC na secret cult am not undastandin oooo RIP to d lost souls

Rest in peace ...I don’t want to see anyone saying it was caused by NYSC.

NINE!

Oh my goodness

Haba! This is too much..

9 graduates at a time

May God grant them eternal rest and give their parents the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss

Sad....Rip

Jesus!

Dere Oga don warn dem to sit down for one place.

This is just so sad

Who sent them to go for picnic? Picnic has now turned to serving. All these young generations and unnecessary flexing sha

I am sure most of them can't swim... But they went into the water all the same just to impress the girls.

Corpers and wayward shiits ehn...

Imagine all the struggle in the Uni just to get drown at NYSC... I will be gadamn.

Babyforever:
NYSC is a total waste of time....RIP though

Shut up please! They didn't die because of NYSC

Does any program in NYSC include picnic and swimming?

It's time we Africans stop making sensational and unreasonable comments so we can trace where Africa's problem is really coming from.

Even someone without a brain should know NYSC has nothing to do with this. Then the next question becomes what caused it? From there we can discuss why our water bodies do not have safety officials to instruct and save people from deaths like this.

We should stop all these stupid comments that aim to provoke sensational and emotional reactions from people with the same crowd mentality. The gimmick is mediocre already!!! We should tackle issues head-on instead of dancing around them.

inoki247:
Dere Oga don warn dem to sit down for one place.

No mind them

REST IN PEACE Corps members.....

JamaicanLove:




Oh my goodness

Its too much

matrixme:
how very sad. The loss of lives of corp members in this administration is something else. Before some people open their ugly mouths to protest against this comment, let them remember the many others who died due to extra-judicial policemen killings as well as a failed healthcare system at the camps. These are somebody's children/brothers/sisters too.

This administration sent them to picnic at riverside

'Sudden upsurge'...hmmm! Who is thinking what i am thinking.? Dark continent.

May their souls R.I.P

Allah ya jiqan musulmi

If you can’t swim, stay away from water. For them to drown in a river shows that they could not swim at all! Yet entered the river.

Sad

Oh my God!

RIP to the corpers.

go serve n face ur business ...leave fun....rip to d dead

NYSC....

Apc government just employed 9 corpers.

NYSC

Never had anything good from it only bad news, if I could change a thing it will be the first thing I will scrap and.

Why not empower this youth and give them grant instead of wasting their time for a complete year.

If you can't swim, don't near water