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NYSC reacts alleged death of corps member in Rivers during 2019 presidential election

- The NYSC says it had no records of a corps member dying during the conduct of the February 23 presidential election

- The organisation's spokesperson Aderemi, said reports in the media about killing of a corps member were inaccurate

- Adeyemi also confirmed that taking part in INEC ad-hoc staff jobs during elections was no longer compulsory for corps members

- INEC had confirmed the death of an ad-hoc staff in Rivers state during the presidential elections but never said she was a corps member

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied reports that any corps member deployed as INEC ad-hoc staff was killed in Rivers state during the Saturday, February 23 presidential election.

According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Adenike Adeyemi, made the denial while confirming that corps members will not be allowed to work in security challenged areas in the country.

Adeyemi, who spoke in Abuja on Saturday, March 2, ahead of the upcoming Governorship and House of Assembly polls slated for March 9, noted that reports of a corp member dying were totally false.

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She assured that the safety and security of corps members remained a top priority for the scheme and as such no corps member would be posted to work as ad-hoc staff for the March elections in any state or area of the Federation that had been adjudged as having security challenges.

She said: “Corps members are not allowed to work or live in such areas and this is understood by INEC. Once a place is adjudged and declared as having security challenges, corps members are not to serve there either for elections or primary assignments.

“Their security is always considered by the scheme during posting.

“We have seen reports in the media claiming that corps members died during the presidential and national assembly elections.

“The NYSC Coordinator in Rivers already addressed this issue and set the records straight that no corps member serving as INEC ad hoc staff died during the Feb. 23 elections.

“There were pockets of violence in the state but no corps member lost his or her life.

“Before corps members are deployed as INEC ad hoc staff, there must be an MoU between the two organisations and as part of the MoU, INEC is to provide welfare and security for the corps members.

“Payment of renumeration is also fixed and disbursed by INEC. The commission has stated how much corps members are entitled to and they also agreed that their welfare, which includes transportation and feeding will be handled by them.”

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While noting that working as ad-hoc staff was optional and no longer compulsory for corps members, she added that their remaining non-partisan during conduct of elections was very important.

She added: “While we commend the performance of corps members during the presidential and national assembly elections of Feb. 23, we wish to stress that as electoral umpires, corps members are expected to remain apolitical.

“Management wishes to warn that any corps member who directly engages in, aids or abets electoral malpractices will face prosecution by the appropriate authorities.

“As the governorship and house of assembly elections approach, management expects corps members to once again demonstrate a high sense of responsibility and neutrality.

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“This call has become necessary as the entire nation looks up to them for the credibility of the elections. They are therefore, expected to uphold the trust and resist any temptation to compromise the integrity of the exercise.

“In particular, all corps members must resist attempts by politicians, their agents, or other individuals or groups to corruptly induce them to commit any form of electoral fraud. We expect them to be good ambassadors of NYSC and their respective families.”

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had reported that INEC, on Sunday, February, 24, announced that an ad-hoc staff deployed for election presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers state had died.

INEC chairman Yakubu Mahmood, during a briefing with journalists and some international observers including the United States ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Syminton, said Ibisekin Amachree was hit by a stray bullet on her return from duty Degema local government area of Rivers state.

Praying for the repose of Amachree’s soul, Mahmood condemned incidents of violence across some states in Nigeria at the polls.

He however never identified late Amachree as a corps member.

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