The National Youth Service Corps
(NYSC) has confirmed abduction of Abraham Amuta, a corps member, by suspected
Boko Haram insurgents along Chibok road in Borno state.
Amuta was abducted alongside a
pastor of the Living Faith Church Worldwide better known as Winners Chapel
simply identified as Oyeleke.
Muhammed Sada, an NYSC
information officer in Borno, told TheCable that Amuta travelled without
permission.
He said it was through the church
that NYSC learnt of Amuta’s abduction.
“Living faith Church wrote to us
one week ago informing us about how one of our corps members named Abraham
Amuta, Batch B, Stream 1, was abducted by members of Boko Haram,” he said.
“In the letter addressed to our
state coordinator, they said a committee, led by Pastor Oyekele, was set up by
the church to distribute relief items to internally displaced persons in
Chibok.
“According to them, the abducted
corps member was not part of the of the committee set up by the church for the
programme, but he insisted to go with them.
“The corper went on his own under
his church without the consent of the NYSC Borno secretariat. As you are aware,
due to the volatile nature of Borno state, corps members are usually given the
option to ask for redeployment.
“Also, no corp member is posted
or sent on any assignment that can expose him to danger. NYSC will never deploy
any corp member to a place where his life is exposed to danger.”
He added that security agencies
had been informed of Amuta’s plight “for necessary action”.
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