The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has described as fake, story making the rounds in the social media, saying corps members going to Kaduna were slaughtered on their way.
A statement on Thursday signed by NYSC Director, Press and Public Relations, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi emphasised that no Prospective Corps Members were slaughtered on their way to NYSC Orientation Camp, Kaduna State as reported.
The statement explained that “indeed, the Nation lost five Prospective Corps members travelling to the Orientation camps in a ghastly motor accident on Abuja/Kwali Road last Wednesday, at about 2:00am in the morning”.
Continuing, NYSC said “regrettably, some people have twisted the sad story of the autocrash, by making allusion that the Prospective Corps Members were slaughtered.
The statement read in part:”Management wishes to emphatically state that no Prospective Corps Members were slaughtered on their way to NYSC Orientation Camp, Kaduna State as reported.
“Indeed, the Nation lost five Prospective Corps Members travelling to the Orientation camps in a ghastly motor accident on Abuja/Kwali Road last Wednesday, at about 2:00am in the morning.
“The remains of the national heroes and heroine were flown to their respective home States yesterday, preparatory for burial. The unfortunate incident is a great loss to their families and the Nation. May their souls rest in peace.
“Regrettably, some people have twisted the sad story of the autocrash, by making allusion that the Prospective Corps Members were slaughtered.
“The purpose of this ungodly act is to cause panic and disaffection among the citizenry, which is highly mischievous and leaves a bitter taste in the mouth.
“The general public is hereby advised to disregard the story as the said incident never happened, but a figment of the writer’s imagination.
“Management wishes to implore the purveyors of this fake news and others to have a rethink”.
