The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig Gen Yusha’u Ahmed, has announced the rescue of a prospective corps member, Solomon Daniel Bassey, who was abducted on August 17, 2023.
Bassey was the last of eight corps members rescued following their kidnap on August 17, 2023 by suspected terrorists on their way to camp in Zamfara State on Monday, August 21, 2023.
Addressing reporters yesterday, the director-general said all the corps members who were rescued from Zamfara State would be issued discharge certificates.
He noted that after all the rescued corps members had gone through at the hands of their captors, they could not be mobilised for service but would be given their discharge certificates.
The prospective corps members were travelling in an Akwa Ibom Transport Company (AKTC) bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State to Sokoto State for the one-year mandatory national service when their vehicle was intercepted by the hoodlums.
Although there were reportedly 11 corps members and the driver in the bus, three of the corps members escaped during the attack.
The eight corps members were abducted alongside the driver.
