NYSC members in Taraba Attacked By Gunmen

Gunmen on Thursday attacked some of those observing the one-year National Youth Service Corps scheme in Taraba State. The attack on the corp members was carried out behind the Federal Government Girls College in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital.

The gunmen took with them the monthly allowance of the corp members, which runs into thousands of naira, a report said.

The bandits stormed the Family House of the Redeemed Christian Corpers Fellowship, held the corps members hostage for hours and took with them laptops and about 24 mobile telephone sets.
The gunmen  gained entrance into the corps members lodge through a toilet in the female wing of the building.
One of the victims said: “We are about 20 corps members in the lodge last when it happened and all our phones were taken away.
“Some of us had two, three phones.

“Also our monthly feeding allowance, which we contributed, was also taken away by the evil men.”
Another corp member who does not want his name in print said: “We were sleeping when some men came in holding all sorts of dangerous weapons but we never resisted them.
“We obeyed their orders because we were in fear.

“They asked us of our states of origin and religion, threatening to behead us if we misbehaved.”
The RCCF President, Banji Omogbehin, said the motive of the attack was unknown because the bandit asked for their states of origin, threatened to rape the ladies and behead them.

Officials of the NYSC who visited the corp members, said the issue will be seriously dealt with, as the scheme will not tolerate such act on its members.

However, the spokesperson of the Taraba State Police Command, Amos Olaoye, confirmed the attack.
Olaoye said: “I can confirm the attack but it is not robbery.
“We have not made any arrest yet but the police are investigating.”
The case was reported at the GRA Police Division.