The management of the National Youth Service Corps, (NYSC) has advised corps members to always be of good behavior and adhere strictly to the core values of the Scheme in all their transactions.
The Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, Mr. Eddy Megwa stated this while reacting to information circulating on social media about a Corps Member sent to jail for criminal offense in Ibadan, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria.
Mr. Megwa clarified that the said Ukanwa Ikechuwuku is an ex-Corps Member who passed out of National Service in February 2023.
“When he was serving, he collected a sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand naira to purchase a physiotherapy machine for a woman at the police clinic where he was serving but failed to get the machine”.
According to him, all attempt made by the woman to get a refund of her money from the ex-Corps Member proved abortive, therefore she decided to charge him to court for criminal offence.
He stressed that the NYSC uniform is not an immunity against any form of criminality because the laws of the Federation applies to all and sundry.
Olusola Akintonde
