On this day four years ago, the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, released the names of the nine corps members that drowned at River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The tragedy struck on Saturday, 4 August, 2018, barely a day after Maj. Gen. Zachare Kazaure, the then Director General of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, addressed the 2018 batch B corps members at the orientation camp in the state
The corps members who were reportedly part of a 22-man group that embarked on a picnic were said to have been swept away after the river suddenly overflowed due to a heavy rainfall in nearby communities.
The names of the drowned corps members included Ucheonye Nkadi, Delta; Ijeh Chile, Delta; Irorobulor Blessing, Delta; Solomon Miracle, Edo, and Adams Zipporah, Kaduna.
Others are Ojimba Matilda, Imo; Maduike Thelma, Imo; Onoduagu Arinze, Enugu, and Ezeamama Ifeanyi, Anambra.
Following the sad incident, the then Director-General of the scheme, Brigadier-General Zachare Kazaure, banned all forms of social outings by corps members without permission by either the Local Government Inspector or State Coordinator.
The State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Florence Yaakugh, while confirming the tragic incident to newsmen, described it as most unfortunate.
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