A member of the National Youth Service Corps who was initially thought to be missing, has been discovered in his family house where he was hiding.
The NYSC revealed that the corps member, Akeem Adekunle, was deployed to Akwa Ibom State and posted to Itam Secondary School in Itu Local Government Area, but had been purportedly ‘missing’ for a few months.
The ‘missing’ corps member has, however, been ‘found’ with his family members in Lagos after allegedly absconding from his place of primary assignment.
According to Director of Press and Public Relations in NYSC, Mrs. Bose Aderibigbe, the team set up by the Director-General of NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, visited the family of the missing corps member to unravel the circumstances leading to his disappearance only to discover that he was with his family members.
Reacting to the development, the NYSC) on Friday said it would “begin to prosecute corps members, who abscond from their national service for something else.”
The leader of the team, Mr. Micheal Ahile and Director (Corps Welfare and Inspectorate) confirmed that Akeem Adekunle “abandoned his place of primary assignment some three months ago in Akwa Ibom State and since then has been with his family members without reporting to the team.”
Ahile, who was accompanied by NYSC’s Head of Legal Unit, Ahmed Tijani, and Assistant Director (Press and Public Relations Unit), Eddy Megwa, warned that “the NYSC will not tolerate a situation where family members will cover up for corps members who abandon national service.”