Security: FCT NYSC
Security: FCT NYSC Coordinator Urges Corps Members to be
Vigilant
By: Isah Ismaila
The FCT coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Hajiya
Walida Siddique has called on corps members to be security
conscious in carrying out their primary assignments as they are the
first chief security officers of their lives.
Mrs. Walida made the call Monday during the visit to another
Corps member at National Hospital affected by the Shi’ite violent
protest in Abuja.
The affected corps member, Aliyu Suleiman (FC/19A/4188), was
also hit by a stray bullet in a taxi on his way to Leadership Group
Limited, his place of primary assignment.
”On my way to my primary Assignment, we heard gunshots very
close to us, while our driver was about to turn, I couldn’t feel my
left arm. It was then I realized I was hit by a bullet after which
I immediately notified my National Emergency Management Agency
(NEMA) CDS officer, Mrs. Adama Anabel who called the attention of
the management on the incident” he said.
“Before I became unconscious, the driver suggested I should be
taken to University of Abuja Teaching Specialist Hospital in
Gwagwalada. They referred us to Saint Mary Hospital alongside my
cousin bother where a nurse noticed I have lost a lot of blood and
they sent us back to National Hospital where I was immediately
operated on” Aliyu added.
Chairperson of the NYSC Governing Board, Hajiya Safiya Umar,
represented by FCT Assistant Director of Youth Development, Mrs.
Hajarat Ayandele, gave the victim a sum of 200 thousand naira as
she wished him quick recovery and advised all Corps members to be
vigilant in their daily activities.
Aliyu expressed gratitude to the governing board and the NYSC
management for coming to his aid as well as the free treatment he
received. While, Hajiya Walida in her remark appreciated the
management of National Hospital for the proper treatment they
rendered to the victim.
Meanwhile the violent protest on the 22 of July 2019, claimed
the lives of a corps member with channels television, Precious
Owolabi and that of the Deputy Commissioner of police(DCP) Usman
Umar.