HURIWA Asks Zamfara Kidnappers To Free 8 Corps Members

Forty eight hours after suspected bandits kidnapped eight National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Zamfara State, Nigerians have been asked to support the vigorous efforts of the management of the NYSC to secure the quick release of the hostages.

The group asked the kidnappers to free them because they were only going to Zamfara to help the rural people solve basic social problems in education, health and providing critical care that would benefit the population of Zamfara. HURIWA called on the government and people of Zamfara to partner with the NYSC to guarantee security to the corps members posted to their state.

In a statement made available to newsmen by the national coordinator of HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, he wondered why the police spokesperson in Zamfara, Yazid Abubakar, said he was going to verify the incident when this major security breach occurred within his jurisdiction.

The group however emphasised that the NYSC‘s management was pragmatic and quick enough to roll out strategies, while key management staff from Abuja travelled to the scene of the crime to work strenuously to secure the quickest release of these innocent young Nigerians.

HURIWA said, „The good news is that the NYSC‘s management is not asleep but has acted swiftly by activating effective, efficient and result oriented mechanisms to ensure that the youngsters who were abducted by the armed bandits are freed without any physical harm to their persons.  Nigerians must pray and support the NYSC‘s management in these troubling times as they navigate through the thorny waters of general insecurity to keep the most important unifying institution which is the NYSC running at full steam“.

„Definitely, we know that the NYSC‘s management are working for the welfare, wellbeing and security of corpers all over Nigeria especially with the heightened state of insecurity and instability that have enveloped a large chunk of the geopolitical landscape of Nigeria,“ Onwubiko asserted.

HURIWA said it gathered from impeccable sources that the victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto en route to Zamfara State just as competent sources hinted that the head of the NYSC and his key officials were already on ground working with relevant authorities and institutions towards ensuring that no substantial harm comes to these prospective corps members.