NYSC Calls On Security Agencies, Imo, Anambra Govts, To Help Locate Missing Staff

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Management of the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, has called on Security Agencies, as well as the Imo and Anambra State Governments to take steps and locate the whereabouts of their missing staffers.

They have also appealed to public spirited individuals to assist by volunteering relevant intelligence that could lead to the location and rescue of the personnel.

The two NYSC staff members –  Okun Christopher, the Akwa Ibom state Coordinator, and his driver Daniel Effiong Asibong, went missing on Monday, July 29, 2024, along Onitsha-Owerri Road en route Akwa Ibom state .

A statement issued  on Friday August 9, by the Director, Information and Public Relations of the NYSC, Eddy Megwa, said the two missing staff members were  traveling in a white official Hilux SUV, with registration number, 27D31FG, as at the time they went missing.

The Source reports that the date and location coincided with the killing of four policemen and a civilian during an operation by some gunmen.

It will be recalled that on Monday, July 29, some gunmen attacked and killed their victims along the Owerri-Onitsha road in Owerri the Imo state capital.

The Imo state. police Command has since blamed the tragic incident on suspected members of the Indigenous peoples of Biafra IPOB, and its militant wing the Eastern Security Network, ESN.

In a statement after the attack, Henry Okoye, Spokesperson for the Imo Police Command, said the dastardly act was perpetrated by some members of the proscribed group on a sit -at-home enforcement.

He described them as cowards who have decided to adopt a guerilla method in their operations.

The Source further reports that the day ( July,29) also was the beginning  date for a one week long sit-at-home order proclaimed by the Simon Ekpa-led Autopilots militia  South-east region.

The NYSC in its statement urged the two States and individuals to collaborate with Security Agencies in the efforts to locate the missing personnel.

“Anyone with useful information regarding their whereabouts should contact the law enforcement agents in Anambra and Imo states, any of the 37 NYSC state Secretariats, Area Offices and National Directorate Headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, or the nearest Police Station for immediate action,” Megwa stated.