The Director-General, National Youth
Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawunmi, on Thursday in Port
Harcourt, called on politicians and their supporters not to vent their
frustration on corps members working as the Independent National
Electoral Commission ad-hoc staff during today’s governorship election.
Olawunmi made the call following the
violence that trailed the March 28 presidential election in Rivers State
where corps members were allegedly harassed by hoodlums.
The NYSC DG on separate visits to the
Air Force commander at the 97 Special Operations Unit, Air Commodore
Olusegun Philips and the Commissioner of Police, Hossiah Karma, said the
lives of corps members were precious to the nation and nobody must
attempt to endanger their lives.
He said, “We are making a passionate
appeal to the military, police and other security agencies to help
protect the lives of corps members working with INEC.
“Rivers State is a flash point;
therefore, we do not want any harm happening to these people. Politicians should please call their supporters to order. They should
warn them not to cause violence and inflict any harm on corps members
who are on national assignment. They must never vent their anger or
frustrations on these innocent young men and women whose parents have
toiled hard to train them through higher institutions.”
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