CP Warns Fake NYSC Members

Edith CHUKU

The Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Umar Shehu Nadada, has assured fake members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC, that the law will eventually catch up with them.

Nadada stated this following the arrest of a fake NYSC member, Ogeh Bethel Chibuife, by the state Police command for illegal entry into the Magaji Dan Yumusa Orientation Camp, Keffi, the state capital.

The CP in a release made available by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, also warned those aspiring to follow in their footsteps to reconsider or face the full wrath of the law.

According to him, “the suspect, who is an extra year student of Public Administration, from Ebonyi State University, sneaked into the state NYSC camp for the 21-day orientation programme meant for the 2024 Batch A, Stream 1 corps members, and was discovered during a headcount.

“The case was reported to the police by an NYSC official on Sunday, and she was apprehended by officers of the force. Investigation revealed that the suspect was a student of Ebonyi State University, Faculty of Management Science and Department of Public Administration.

“She confessed that she was supposed to have graduated in 2022, but had a lot of spillover courses, and in a bid to cover up the lies she had made to her parents, she went to the market and purchased NYSC uniforms, other items meant for corps members and sneaked into the camp in order to take pictures and send to her parents before nemesis caught up with her.”

He further added that the suspect had been charged with criminal trespass, impersonation and forgery at the Chief Magistrate Court in Keffi.