NYSC Reacts To Hacking Of 'Lover' By Serving Corps Member In Akwa Ibom

The coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Akwa Ibom State, Julius Amusan has described the killing of a man by a serving corps member, as Princess Odum on Sunday night as unfortunate.

Amusan said the organisation can not deny the corps member no matter her crime.

“We cannot run away from the fact that she is a corps member, we owe her the obligation to ensure that thorough investigation is carried out into the matter. As it is, it is a criminal offence and beyond what NYSC can handle,” he said.

He said ”as soon as the NYSC authorities heard of the incident, they got in touch with the police to establish if the person involved was truly a corps member.

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“We have met with the police and we have established that she is a corps member, and the police have assured us they are going to carry out an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident,” he said.

However, the state police spokesperson, Odiko MacDon, said Princess is being treated as a murder suspect.

“We got a distress call, we responded to that distress call at 219 Abak Road, Uyo. When we got there they were at the verge of lynching her, so we had to rescue her.

"Preliminary investigation revealed that Princess went to visit the guy’s house. She said that the guy, in his house, brought out a machete and said he wants to kill her. She said she acted in self-defence, picked up the machete and used it on him.

“The Commissioner of Police has ordered a very ‘discreet’ investigation. As I speak, we have her in custody and as soon as we are done with our investigation, that matter will be charged to court.”