Two Corps Members Die in NYSC Camp

Ukeme Monday

A Corps Member, Elechi Chiyerom, 27, on Tuesday died at the Bayelsa National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp after bleeding and vomiting on arrival at the camp.

According to PUNCH, the graduate of the Ignatius Azuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was confirmed dead about 9pm on Tuesday five days after arriving at the camp.





The report added that the deceased looked “terribly sick” when she arrived at the camp on Thursday last week.

She was rushed  to the camp’s sick bay on Tuesday after she relapsed into ill-health

A source said, “The doctor at the NYSC camp’s clinic immediately referred her to the state-owned Diette-Koki Memorial Hospital in the Opolo area of Yenagoa, the state capital, where she was confirmed dead.”

According to some NYSC officials,  the development was a case of “non-disclosure” of state of health by the corps member.

Another Corps member, Ukeme Monday who was deployed to Zamfara state, has also kicked the bucket. This is quite disheartening. May their souls rest in peace.