The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nasarawa State, has
said that two members of the service drowned in a river in Assakio community,
Lafia Local Government Area of the state.
Hajiya
Zainab Isah, the NYSC Coordinator in the state made this disclosure to newsmen
in Lafia on Tuesday.
Isah said
that Oguntola Babatunde and Danjuma Salihu went to the river in the evening of
Oct. 8 to swim but drowned, following which an Assistant Commissioner of Police
informed the service about the incident.
“It is very
sad but I know God will grant them eternal rest and grant all of us, including
their families, the fortitude to bear the loss. I can only say that we are
bereaved but God knows better,” she said.
She called
on other corps members to be very careful and always obey the rules of their
host communities.
“What I
heard from a very reliable source was that some farmers had drowned in that
river some years back.
“So when
corps members enter a community, they should ask questions and watch their
steps,” she said.
Isah added
that the bodies of the deceased had since been deposited at the Dalhatu Araf
Specialist Hospital in Lafia.
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