ICPC Arrests 17 "FAKE" Corpers in Abuja NYSC Camp

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission has arrested 17 youths for allegedly impersonating corps members at the National Youth Service Corps Orientation Camp at Kubwa, Abuja. 

ICPC operatives made the arrests on Thursday evening while suspects were posing and taking pictures outside the camp during the passing-out ceremonies. 

It said they stormed the NYSC Orientation Camp at Kubwa based on intelligence reports and effected the arrest of the suspects made up of eight females and nine males. During preliminary investigation, 15 of the ‘fake’ corps members claimed to have enrolled in degree courses run by consultancy services in the following institutions: University of Calabar (6), University of Jos (6), Ebonyi State University (1), Federal University of Technology, Owerri (1) and Crown Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti (1). 

“One of the other two said she never attended any university but desired the NYSC discharge certificate. The other, a young man, impersonated his sister, a genuine corps member currently receiving medical treatment abroad, in order to collect her discharge certificate,” the statement read. 

The spokesman of the ICPC, Mr. Folu Olamiti, noted that the commission’s Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, has at various public fora warned parents, guardians and young students seeking admission into universities and other tertiary institutions to ensure that their proposed courses are approved by the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and other regulatory bodies. 

The arrests bring to 26 the total the number of “fake” corps members arrested by ICPC. The commission had arrested nine others in May. 

-ThePunch

Five Suspected Kidnappers Of 3 Corps Members In Rivers State Arrested

 Five persons have been arrested in connection with the abduction of the three National Youths Service Corps, NYSC members, who regained their freedom on Sunday, according to the Rivers State Police Commissioner; Mr Joseph Mbu.

Speaking, yesterday, at the Police headquarters, Port Harcourt, Mbu said corps members serving in Ogolokon community, where the three corps members were taken hostage had been relocated to Ominima still in Abua Odua Local Government Area, adding that the Police took the action because of the vulnerable nature of the lodge.

"The lodge, close to mangrove water is too vulnerable for attacks," Mbu said, adding that security of the occupants should have been considered in the location of a residential quarters for corps members.

Meantime, security operatives in Rivers State have been urged to take steps to guarantee the security of lives and property in the state.