NYSC pull out of Rivers Supplementary election for fear of insecurity

For fear of possible out break of violence as recorded in previous elections in Rivers State, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said it wont release corp members to partake in the supplementary elections scheduled to take place in Etche and parts of Omuma Local Government Areas in the state until the security of lives of corp members is guaranteed.

This was revealed by the NYSC coordinator in the state, Mr. Omotayo Adewoye during the stakeholders meeting at the Rivers State Police Command in Port Harcourt

Omotayo said the decision by the leadership of the NYSC was informed by the spate of violence recorded during previous elections in Rivers State.

“Remember a partnership agreement was signed between INEC and the NYSC.

“Now, when we were called upon to feature in this election I had to contact my boss, the Director-General of NYSC and the advice I have received is that because of the violence that was recorded during the last election in which case our corps members were at the receiving end of assault from their politicians, we may not be able to vouch for their security this time around.

“I have the letter already on table indicating interested corps members that want to participate in the election because some of them have shown interest.

“Therefore, we have advised them to go for the training but we are not going to release our corps members except we get an approval from the DG.

“However, any corps member who enrolls himself for the election without approval from the authorities is on his own,” Omotayo said‎.