Oguntola Wasiu Babatunde and Danjuma Salihu identified as two members of the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ), Nassarawa State, have been confirmed dead.
The two of them were said to have drowned in a river in Assakio community, Lafia Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the sad incident, the NYSC Coordinator, Hajiya Zainab Isah, told newsmen in Lafia on Tuesday, that Babatunde and Salihu drowned when they went to the river to swim on Sunday evening.
“It is very sad but I know God will grant them eternal rest and grant all of us, including their families, the fortitude to bear the loss. I can only say that we are bereaved but God knows better,” she said.
She called on other corps members to be very careful and always obey the rules guiding their host communities.
“What I heard from a very reliable source was that some farmers had drowned in that river some years back. So when corps members enter a community, they should ask questions and watch their steps,” she said.
The bodies of the deceased had since been deposited at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital in Lafia.
Sad enough, Danjuma Salihu, who took to his facebook page on October 3, to announce the remaining days he has before passing ending his service year will not be alive to rejoice with his corper friends.
“Allihamdullih, am counting days not month anymore, thanks to almighty ALLAH for his protection on me and fellow Corp members, today marks the end of monthly clearance, we are praying for favour market”
Source – LIB
RIP to them…. so sorry to the family
This is so disheartening and grievous…RIP to them….my condolences to their respective families
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It is so heartbreaking especially for his family,may his gentle soul rest in peace
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The way people die this day is becoming something else accident today or something else, anyways may his soul rest in peace.
Gabriel precious
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Oh no!……May their soul rest in peace.
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Wasted years.
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Oh!!!….what a pity, may their souls rest in peace Amen.
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Rip to the little girl..the family should take heart quiz no 22
This is a sad story i pray that is soul rest in peace and may God give his family to bear the loss reg, 2016054090 Quiz no 98
Really disheartening!May his soul rest in peace.
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May their souls rest in peace
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So heart breaking, what is happening to our country, Corps member dying days before passing out, graduate died while waiting on his nysc call up…. God please help us
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May their souls rest in perfect peace
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Wat a painful news.Rip to them. I pray God console their families.(65)
May their Gentle soul rest in peace.its so painful.
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Rest in peace 21
May their souls rest in peace
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My sympathy goes out to all there families..
May their souls rest in peace quiz no75.
how can they even go to a river to swim, anyway I pray for their souls
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ooh… that was pathetic…. it was a pity
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may their soul rest in peace
God should help us in Nigeria oo
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May the almighty God accept their souls in his kingdom.
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Rest in peace to them
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So sorry to them.Rip
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Quiz no: what a world. What kind of life are we living in that is full of tragedy.
How pathetic
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What a painful loss.. RIP to them
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oh! no, this is bad. RIP to them….
oh! no, this is bad. RIP to them…. Quiz no 126
God have Mercy…RIP TO THEM
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rip to them
may their soul rest in peace
What a loose! May their souls rest in he Lord. Quize no:26
corps should be enlightened on the new environment they are sent to, in order to avoid sad stories. quize number 125 reg 2016054136,
RIP brothers ,but corps are ought to be fully informed about the communities to avoid such occurrences 107 2016054137
Nawa oo God help us, RIP to them…. so sorry to the family
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chia… tragic ending for both
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After the stress through university then this, Hmm God have mercy and give the family strength 85