The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has evacuated
corps members serving in areas affected by the recent communal crisis in Obi
Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, an official has said.
Mrs Olabanji Bolanle, the Coordinator
of the scheme in the state, told newsmen, on Monday, in Lafia, that the
affected corps members were now taking refuge at the various NYSC lodges in
Lafia, the state capital.
Bolanle said that the corps members
would remain in such lodges until the restoration of normalcy in the affected
areas.
“There is, however, no palliative
measure in place for them to cushion the difficulty associated with their new
environment, having hurriedly left their places of abode without any thing on
them,” she said.
The coordinator also ruled out the
possibility of re-deploying the corps members to relatively more peaceful
areas, but assured them of safety in their temporary places of abode.
It will be recalled that the state
police command had confirmed three persons killed and property worth millions
of naira destroyed in the mayhem.
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