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Police In Nasarawa State Arrest 8 Persons As Youths Stab NYSC Member

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NYSC Member Allegedly Killed By Some Youth At PDP Candidate’s Residence In Nasarawa State.

The police in Nasarawa state have arrested Eight suspect for killing a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Samuel Makene

The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Samaila Usman, told Daily Trust that the arrested suspects were being interrogated at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) and would be charged to court after the investigation.

Samuel Makene, a 2018 Batch A corps member whose place of primary assignment was Government Secondary School Ubbe, in Akun Development Area, was alleged to have been stabbed to death on Dec. 20 by some youth at the Akwanga residence of David Ombugadu, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

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However, the NYSC Coordinator in Nasarawa state, Hajiya Zainab Isa, disclosed that “the DG and entire management of NYSC were disturbed with the sad death of the youth, as about fifty corps members attended his burial to pay their last respect and I call on the public to always abide by the law.”