National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has denied news report on the death of a corps member in Ogun.
The State Coordinator of the Scheme, Nasamu Olayinka stated during an interaction with newsmen in Abeokuta, on Tuesday.
Nasamu said no member of the Scheme was killed inside and the remains were dumped inside a bush in Ogijo area of the State.
She described the report as a total falsehood and urged journalists to always verify news information before going to the press.
Nigerian Tribune learned that the body of a man was discovered in a bush around Kadesh area of Ogijo, Sagamu, Ogun state, last Sunday.
She explained that Police investigation had revealed that the deceased was a bricklayer and not a corps member, as reported.
“The person that they found his corpse in Ogijo bush was not a corps member, he was a bricklayer. You cannot say someone is a corps member without verifying his corps number, his place of primary assignment and there was nothing identifying him as a corps member.
“We went to the commissioner of police who has also confirmed that the deceased was not a corps member.
“When a corps member dies and you are writing about it, you have to be precise because they have unique identification numbers, that is their code numbers and that was not in the report.
“I don’t know how the report came about, but the person whose corpse was abandoned was not a corps member, but a bricklayer”, Nasamu insisted.
Nasamu disclosed that 19,970 corps members are serving across the 20 local government areas of the state.
