Posted by Amarachi on Thu 05th Aug, 2021 - tori.ng
Their remains were ferried home in a C-130 Nigerian Air Force aircraft which landed at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday.
Military Aircraft Brings Home Corpse Of Corps Members Who Died In Road Accident
The corpses of five prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who lost their lives in a fatal road accident have been returned to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The remains were transported from Abuja in a military aircraft, drawing angry reactions from Nigerians.
The five prospective corps members died in a road accident on their way to the NYSC camp in Katsina State
Their remains were ferried home in a C-130 Nigerian Air Force aircraft which landed at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Wednesday.
The after-death heroic treatment done to the graduates angered some Nigerians who went on social media to vent their anger on the country’s leaders.
Some of them expressed shock that the bodies of the young graduates who died in a road accident were airlifted home – when the government could not provide air ticket for them when they were alive.