THE Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ekiti State Mr. Olayiwola Afolabi has assured corps members who will preside over today’s polls of their safety, urging them to ignore threats from any politician, no matter highly placed.
Reacting to a threat from a politician in the state that he would deal with corps members who he alleged had been given N50, 000 each to compromise today’s election, Afolabi asked the corps members and their parents to ignore the allegation which he described as baseless. He said the security agencies have done all that is necessary to guarantee the safety during and after the elections.
Afolabi said: “Finally, to my corps members please disregard any threat from any quarters and never panic as all Nigerians are looking up to you for the successful conduct of the forthcoming elections. You are non-indigenes and non-partisan. Security has been beefed up in the state to ensure that no corps member is molested.
“I also appeal to parents of corps members in Ekiti state not to entertain any fear as the allegation is baseless and a bundle of lies. Our corps members are disciplined law abiding and always comport themselves as worthy ambassadors of NYSC and the nation”.
