The National Youth Service Corps has introduced that potential corps members who have been unable to take part within the one-year nationwide service as a result of being kidnapped could be issued certificates.
The Director-General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, made this identified throughout a briefing with journalists in Abuja on Friday.
Ahmed defined that given the ordeal they’d endured by the hands of their captors, they’d now not be required to take part within the nationwide service.
The victims have been en path to Sokoto State for the three-week orientation course once they have been kidnapped in Zamfara State on August 17, 2023.
They have been travelling in an Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus once they have been ambushed.
They have been launched in batches, with the final group regaining their freedom this week.
The victims are Daniel Etim Bassey (from Uruan LGA, a graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka); Obong Victor Udofia (from Ikono LGA, University of Uyo); Sabbath Anyaewe Ikan (from Eastern Obolo LGA, Akwa Ibom Polytechnic); Abigail Peter Sandy (from Abak LGA, Maurid Polytechnic); Glory Etukudo Thomas (from Eket LGA, Heritage Polytechnic); Emmanuel Esudue (from Urue Offong Oruko LGA); Victoria Bassey Udoka (from Ini LGA, University of Uyo); and Solomon Bassey Daniel (from Itu LGA, Akwa Ibom Polytechnic).
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Ahmed mentioned, “Obong Victor Udofia was rescued on the 3rd of February, 2024. Daniel Bassey was rescued on the 8th of February, 2024. Glory Etukudu Thomas was rescued on the 9th of June, 2024. Yesterday, 22nd August, we rescued the last victim, Solomon Daniel Bassey.”
He said that no ransom was paid to safe the discharge of the corps members, emphasizing that they have been rescued by way of the efforts of the Department of State Security and the Nigerian Army.
“No state authorities introduced any quantity for his or her rescue as claimed within the media. I need to state that I’ve not acquired one naira from any state authorities up to now within the identify of the rescue of those co-members.
“No group of individuals or group aided the rescue of the possible corps members aside from the safety businesses, significantly the military and the DSS.
“The Corps members were transferred from one kidnappers’ camp to the other, hence, they were not rescued from one place,” he said.
He talked about that, up to now, no arrests have been made, however the gang chief who orchestrated the kidnapping has been killed.
One of the rescued corps members, Emmanuel Esudue Emmanuel, described the expertise as traumatic.
He expressed gratitude to the NYSC and the safety businesses for his or her efforts in securing their launch.