Gunmen Suspected to be bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, along a highway in Zamfara State.

The Victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling inside AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State en route Zamfara State, to take part in the mandatory national service when their vehicle was intercepted along a highway in Zamfara.

A Source in the transport company disclosed this yesterday.

The source, who did not want his name mentioned in the report because he was not authorised to speak on the incident, said the corps members were 11 in number but that three escaped from the gunmen.

Apart from the eight corps members, the driver of the bus was also abducted, he said.
“The corps members were offloaded (from the bus) and taken into the bush. The police have recovered the bus.

“They left here (Uyo) on Friday, and slept over in Abuja. It was when they were proceeding to Sokoto that they were kidnapped,” he said.

He said the incident had been reported to government authorities and security agencies.

A Facebook user, Malachy Blessed, at 9:14a.m., on Sunday disclosed in a Facebook post the identity of one of the abducted corps members as Emmanuel Esudue, a graduate of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering, Akwa Ibom State University.

He said the corps member’s phone number has been unreachable since Thursday.
Another victim has been identified as Betty Udofia.

A Facebook user, Edidiong Richard, said the kidnappers have contacted Ms Udofia’s parents, and that they were demanding N4 million ransom.

When contacted, the police spokesperson in Zamfara, Yazid Abubakar, yesterday, said he was going to verify the incident and get back to our reporter.

Similarly, the NYSC spokesperson, Eddy Megwa, did not respond to calls made to his phone line as of press time.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2023/08/gunmen-abduct-8-nysc-members-while-going-to-camp-in-sokoto/amp/

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.if they don’t want to cancel this NYSC, then let the northerners serve in the north and help their own people while the southerners does the same thing 😔😔😡

tnerro1:
.if they don’t want to cancel this NYSC, then let the northerners serve in the north and help their own people while the southerners does the same thing 😔😔😡

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Nysc has outlived the purpose of which it was founded for. It should be scrapped. There is huge insecurity in the land.

My Ward or wouldn't dare go to Nysc in a state I'm not comfortable with.

Would the NYSC do anything about their rescue? High time they abolish this senseless scheme.

tnerro1:
.if they don’t want to cancel this NYSC, then let the northerners serve in the north and help their own people while the southerners does the same thing 😔😔😡

Exactly.

Hmmm... awon omo Ijoba

another camp
ni bo lo tun jaasi bayi?
para_deybody military camp dem go, No allowee bt na dem go pay that Government wey hold dem

Brendaniel:
See what Buhari and Tinubu have turned the country to, and they still have shameless supporters

Tinubu dey government from 2012 or na him pamper dem?

Brendaniel:


Were corpers getting kidnapped like this that time?

yes during Jonathan, that they had to stop posting other region there.. but PmB reinstated the old ways again. I served 2012, get facts right

Is this what you get for serving your father's land?

Firstly, I think NYSC as a scheme has outlived its relevance. It should be scrapped or modified to benefit the corp members at the end of their services.
2ndly, why post people to states with high security concerns?

There could be a Yoruba, Igbo, or Hausa corper among the victim.

But the media won't say that the gunmen kidnapped them because they came from certain tribe.

But let's assume this happened in the east, everyone will be spitting rubbish as if it's the first time that people are been kidnapped in the east.

Criminals operate almost everywhere in Nigeria. It high time we learn not to turn their activities into tribal fight.

We never solve our problem finish, na to go fight Niger Republic dey hungri us!

Evil & Satanic Region

there's a yoruba guy among them and they kidnapped him simply because hes yoruba not fair

Nigeria is not working.

This is the raw truth

We should scrap NYSC,its just a ploy to take southern human resource to the North cheaply.

Nigeria still hates the Igbos, so NYSC is useless

STOP IT

Useless Country, and the useless citizen, and the useless policy, how can you said, someone should serve where they don't know anything about,

NYSC program should be suspended for now until there is safety all over the country

Zamfara to Birnin kebbi_jega-Sokoto .
Allow person children serve in their respective state-of-origin .Those wey wan go explore,can proceed

Na Corps members be the new

Hmmm.....

Our calabar people wey no dey find trouble..Minorities that understand their place. God bless you for us. WE LOVE YOU..

Biko let them free this innocent corper abeg..

Tinubu and shettima sef

Why not just scrap this nonsense

How can you allow your child travel to sokoto or any far northern states? Even me from the north I can't do it talk of my child. Some parents eeh, is love for Nigeria in the detriment of my beloved child, Godforbid

Evil working day and night. May the Almighty God continue to protect our lives and property. May the kidnapped corners regain freedom