Political thugs have reportedly stabbed a member of the National Youth Service Corps dead in Nasarawa.
Samuel Makene, a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member,
serving in Nasarawa State, was, last Thursday, stabbed to death by
political thugs.
According to Vanguard, Samuel, a 2018 Batch A corps member, was
allegedly killed at the Akwanga residence of David Ombugadu, a Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate and a member representing
Akwanga/Nasarawa-Eggon/Wamba constituency in the House of
Representatives.
Samuel’s father, Mr. Dauda Makene, in a speech at the funeral
service held for his son on Sunday, explained that the deceased had
tried to protect the properties of the lawmaker from vandals, when he
met his untimely death.
According to him, “my son was trying to protect the properties
of his principal when the incident happened. The sad part is that this
is not the first time the boys have been antagonising Samuel. It is the
same set of boys that stabbed him to death.“We have accepted what happened as the will of God and will not
take the laws into our hands. Also, I am appealing to our youths not to
take the law into their hands even though I know how much they loved
Samuel and how painful the incident is to the family.”
Meanwhile, Ombugadu in whose residence the incident took place,
also expressed grief during the funeral service over the incident and
decried the manner in which the corps member was killed as unfortunate
and painful.
The lawmaker who is a governorship candidate of PDP in the 2019
general election pledged to make adequate security his priority if
elected in 2019.
According to him, “what happened is so painful and I have been
asking myself, why Samuel? I was almost approaching Abuja when they
called to inform me on what happened to Samuel. He was the owner of the
house. My house was his own. Anytime I am not there, he was always
there, taking care of the place.“That is why when we left for Abuja, he was there taking care
of everything. He was steadfast, consistent and humble and I will really
miss him.”
This is just NYSC, in Nasarawa State, while expressing shock over
the death of the corps member, Samuel Makene, urged other corps members
to be apolitical to prevent being engulfed in the dangers associated
with politics.
Acting Head, Press and Public Relations Unit, NYSC, Nasarawa, Jacob
Unogwu, told newsmen in Lafia yesterday, that the State Coordinator,
Mrs Zainab Isah, was informed of the death of the corps member by DSS.
Nasarawa State Police Command, through its Public Relations
Officer, ASP Samaila Usman, confirmed the incident, noting that efforts
were on to investigate the circumstances that led to the killing.
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