SAD: 9 corps drown in a river at Taraba

The sad incident occurred barely 24 hours after the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj. Gen. Zachare Kazaure, visited the NYSC orientation camp in the state, where he addressed the 2018 Batch B corps members.

It was gathered that the corps members had gone to the river side for a picnic when suddenly the river overflowed due to heavy rainfall in nearby communities and submerged them.
Seven out of the nine bodies had been recovered, while efforts are being made to recover the remaining two bodies as at the time of filing the report.


Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, David Modal, stated: “Information available to our disposal reveals that 22 youth corps members serving in the state were on a picnic party in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka Local Government Area on Saturday when the incident happened.

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May their soul rest in peace