Five prospective corps members have lost their lives in a fatal car accident along Abaji-Kwali express way in Abuja.
In a statement, the Director Press and Public Relations, Mrs. Adenike Adeyemi explained that the tragic deaths had left the scheme devastated.
According to the statement, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General, Shuaibu Ibrahim and the management of the scheme commiserate with families of the prospective corps members as well as the government and people of Akwa-Ibom and Imo States over the tragic deaths.
The scheme prayed God to grant their families and loved ones the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.