No fewer than 150 Ogun State born youth corps members serving in Bauchi State were brought back to Abeokuta, the state capital on Monday, just as the state government called for the scrapping of the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
The corps members were trapped in Bauchi following the post-election violence that rocked some parts of the North immediately after the presidential poll.
It was tears of joy of re-union as families stormed MKO stadium, where the youth corps members were received by the Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Olukoya Adeleke- Adedoyin.
The commissioner said the state government went to Bauch on Friday on learning of the predicament of its citizens.
According to him, about 400 corps members were reportedly trapped. He, however, added that by the time the state delegation got to the state, some of them had managed to find their way home, leaving 150 others for the state to rescue.
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Ogun evacuates 150 corps members