Senate summons NYSC Director over corps member’s murder

so Wat is the purpose of this summon? will it bring the girl back *hiss*

I believe the spirit of the girl will hunt her killer soon .

The Nigerian law makers should save themselves the stress of bringing these issues of on the floor of the senate. After all, it is as a result of their action or inaction. Why would they provide good roads and adequate protection for ordinary citizens, when all they know how to do is to appropriate money to themselves and make laws to shield them from prosecution. And will someone please tell Emordi to shut up and continue with her make-up and dance steps and stop trading blames on the Federal Ministry of Works? What has she done in the educational sector commitee which she has found herself? A pot calling a kettle black!

The senate are in the right direction. They Borno state police, NYSC national director and the state director all owe nigerians explanation as to what they have done to bring the culprints to book. Borno people must stop killing Corp members.

70 people killed over one weekend including innocent school children!?! My heart weeps from reading this – is there any hope for this country?

I still do not understand how we can have so much money coming into our federal coffers and yet we spend little or nothing of it in building the right infrastructures...I still do not understnad...

What i believe is that corpers should not be posted to places like the north. Several incidents like this has occured and afterwards, NYSC will compensation with money. What will money do now? As usual this case will soon die down. CORPERS SHOULD NOT BE POSTED TO NORTH AGAIN OOOOO! Let the indigenes go there for their NYSC.At least, they may not want to kill their people.

Its so pathetic that the Govt doesnt respond to seriuos issues like this, except their family member is the one involved.

God must punish all those heartless killer of Adie. govt should put program in place to adequately protest corps member mostly the female or scrap the program all together, kai!!! make person go serve im country again na im dem go just kill am like common criminal!

this why i disagree completely withe things are done in this country why on earth would anybody want to kill a youth corper .the stae beter correct this nonsense now or we will push for the bill to legalise carrying of arms so we can defend ourselves.we will not take this from any blood thirty, shallow minded,babaric moslem youth anymore .if you kill one educated sourthener in the north , we will kill ten moslem in the south

My heart really weeps for this country. We cant even boast of anything. So no one could rescue that girl from being killed? They had to run to her lodge to report? Rubbish. It just shows how dedicated we are. No dedication, no commitment to one another, and we blame it all on the government. What happpened to being your brothers keeper? As for the members of the house of thieves, they shall meet their LORD someday.

SOMEONE WATCHED HER BEING KILLED?! WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!!!!!!

Ehen.... after summons wetin go happen? One white paper and matter close. No be so?

It's a shame to this 9ja Government,i leave you guys on top in the hand of God for your weakedness.For Borno state you guys dont deserve anything good in this country.You people are evil and dont deserve NYSC Camp in your state.

I would think that by now we know the problems in Nigeria that are still yet to be solved...Bad roads, poverty, idleness from lack of employment, people dying have become a norm. But are we tackling the main problem?? Corruption!!!!! No, we are not. Rather we are going around pretending that we dont know the cause of these things. How do we move on to solve pressing problems like crime, deaths, poor standard of living, bad road networks, incessant killings, etc when the people governing us are corrupt. If things were put in place, would school children die, i mean laws governing the roads and driving practices are not put into practice, if the road was good, would the driver try to avoid the pitholes in the road thereby leading to the tanker overturning. I mean, lets face it. There's no need crying over spilt milk when we know the problem here. Nigeria wake up and deal with your leaders, the innocent people are the ones that suffer....everything is so corrupt, i mean is it wrong to now serve your country, probably its high time we scrap NYSC??? I dont see what it has really done to help the younger generation, the future leaders....

When will the PDP Led Govt hold previous public officers accountable for the huge funds that were devoted for road maintenance but simply converted the funds to public use . You know who am talking about ... Anenih & Co.

NYSC cannot guarantee the safety of corps members... It is a useless money making scheme that should be scrapped.

May her soul rest in peace. And for the killer, they will not die a good death.

May her soul rest in peace. And for the killer, they will not die a good death. And for the house of thife, it it now that they know that our roads are bad. What happend to the billion's of contracts on road projects during OBJ? They dont care abt us.

This is a sad day for democracy and society. I agree with Shazzy, why couldn't those people help her instead of running to report to the lodge. I equally agree with Onyinye that the deployment of non-Northern citizens for NYSC should be scraped. I went to UniMAid and for the period I was there, there were several religion reltaed incidents, one of which led to the death of my close friend Farouk Zubairu and the raping of at least 100 female students on campus after a night of JIhad led by muslim students in protest of a social event that was taking place. This incident was followed by the University expelling SOUTHERN ChRISTIAN students who had tried to save people. The university authority, said the Christian brothers had initiated the Jihad, how ubsurd. It is hard not to relate these things to the 'shallow minded, babaric moslem youth' as Barry Oke puts it in his comment, but what else would have caused these people to act this way, and whatelse would have stopped passers-by from feeling obliged to help? Maiduguri indigenes are for the most part very backward people and the government needs to focus more on educating our Northern brethrens to prevent any further bloodshed.

I say we all join hands and call for the scraping ok the NYSC scheme. It's pointless and a waste of time.

sad story, i think its time we dissolve NYSC because its just a waste of 1 year and money and even lives. the billions of naira being spent can be used to better the educational system in nigeria.

National Youth Service is planned to help the less priviledge places like Borno State. If some states are not ready to protect those who are sacrificing to help them, then they should not be helped. Life means more to us in the south than kill an innocent woman like this We dont need to force people to help others, it is time to take drastic steps. My suggestion is any state where such babaric acts takes place and the indigens are not out to protect should be exempted from the National Youth service. No amount of money can compensate for the life of the young girl.

wat their reson 4 killin her?

Is really sad...I mean she was wearing her khaki? for God's sake Northern States are extrmly backward...and dis whole NYSC grap should be reviewed...if Northern State are not save for non northerns then don't send people there

May the soul of this young, promising girl rest in peace. Even if the killers are apprehended, what will happen to them when people watched the poor girl being killed without coming to her aid, an indirect way of saying "yes" to her murder! Judgement day awaits you...You murderers!!!!

NYSC is no more beneficial. the best thing is to scrap it out. how can i train my child only for her to be killed in the name of serving a country. none of my child will ever partake in this show of shame called NYSC. what is the benefit of this madness in the first place?

It was a horrifying scene last weekend as some us saw what happened at Umunya (along Onitsha - Enugu highway). It is much more rather amusing that the so-called senators and 'political leaders' are rendering condolences when they have been chasing us away from the same road in thier retinue of jeeps with siren blaring back and forth to conduct their shame-filled PDP congress/ money sharing. They are now blaming Fed Mins of Works....when the governor(s) patching up the bad areas were labelled political enemies because he was not sharing the money with them and accusing him of fixing Fed roads.

This is high time the entire Nigerian will come up with suggestion that NYSC Corp should start to serve the father land within their locality. It has being happening before without any cogent solution,what is the joy after spending much on your son or daughter and someone from nowhere now slaughter him/her like a goat, by so doing bringing indelible sorrow in to the family. I am speaking from experience that happened a colleague of my during the SANGOKATA riot or fight in KADUNA STATE 1992,the MEDICAL DOCTOR (SHE) WAS ROASTED ALIVE. It is high time an end should be put to this thing.

While I condemn the NYSC scheme in its totality as nothing but a fraud, the illegal drafters of the 1999 Constitution have made it nearly impossible to scrap the scheme, as they made that particular law a part of the Constitution. So to amend or remove it, it has to go through the tedious and near impossible process of constitutional amendment. However, if the National Assembly has an iota of conscience and any sense of decency, they should attempt a slight amendment, if the whole NYSC law cannot be abrogated by constitutional means viz., that all male and female corpers of the Xtian faith should serve only in states that are predominantly Xtian, and all male and female corpers of the islamic faith should serve only in predominantly muslim states. If this cannot be done constitutionally, then the NYSC authorities, as a matter of policy, should never send a female corper of the Xtian faith to any state in the north, and especially to any state where a female corper has been killed, attacked or wounded in any state, as the result of a religious crises. Those states, where female corpers should never serve, are those where sharia law has been imposed by the state government and where any death of a female corper has occurred as a result of religious crises and intolerance. I think the NYSC scheme should have enough female muslim corpers to send to these retrogressive sharia states. Stop using our daughters to sharpen your daggers and machetes. This is cowardly and bestial in the extreme, for those who use their religion as justification for these bestial and murderous acts. Stop spilling the innocent blood of our children. Kudos to the family of Ashanti that refused to accept the blood money of the NYSC and the state Government. No human life is quantifiable in money. Protect our children, if you have made them wards of the Government, by compelling them to serve under this scheme. Stop killing our daughters and wives, before this situation gets out of hand. A warning is enough for the wise. [e&oe]

I was very sad when I heard about the incident, I pray her soul would rest in perfect peace, Amen. The level of insecurity all over Nigeria is alarming and the situation is a world wide phenomenom, it happens everywhere in this world be it corp member or not. Calling people that live there barbaric or killing 10 muslims to 1 sounthernern is the most useless statement and thought that I have heard in such a long time, at this age and time one is not suppose to think that way, if not he or she is being barbaric.I pray that the family of the deceased will hve the fortitude to bear the loss. Amen

it is very shameful for our so called federal govement to state that "incessant loss of lives on Nigerian roads is the negligence of the Federal Ministry of Works and The ministry of works has not shown responsive concern to the poor state of federal roads". the statement does not make sence since the government knows the problem and they are not making any positive changes to it. if the people in min. of works is not capable, why can't they put new set of people to handle the jobs for God sake and stop all this killings.

I hate to say this but this might just be one of those cases that would never be solved. It is only in our country that such heinous crimes go unpunished. It is either the Police would not find the killers or justice is not done when they are found. The federal government should set up a special security service for the protection of corp members during their service year. In addition, a special insurance scheme for corpers(a real thing) should be set up by federal government.

It is very sad that things like killing of a corp member can still occur in this country after the Jos killing.Being a corp member myself,I know the aspirations and dreams the girl might have been nursing and for some people to just kill her like that is very very sad.

Oh my God!. May ur gentle soul rest in peace, AMEN!. Am going 2 affect my posting during NYSC. I wil nt serve outside rives state.God 4 bid, i dont want 2 die.

So sad. im absolutely speechless.

OMG, am ashamed to be associated with a people who commit all forms of attrocities in d name of religion. as for our roads they r a death trap to all nigerians and visitors alike, we r tired of saying d federal govt should do something, they should just keep watch and do nothing until it gets to their turn or those of their children/relatives.

HAS ANY NORTHERN EMIR CONDEMNED THE KILLING?

Some time, i wonder why people kills their fellow human and fill that Nigerians are insecure. Only God will help us.

What a terrible way to die..... i think the NYSC should stop sending non-Notherners to the North and if they must do at all the christians should be exempted, because if we look at this very well its majorly the Christians that get killed over there. they are already instilling fear in the minds of the non-notherners and no Corps member will want to be posted there.

what's the need of the so called NYSC? I think it is rather be cancel if this is going to be the out come of it when serving ones father land. What a big lost it is for the lady's family.

Senate, I join in calling for nullification of the act that established NYSC; it has served the purpose with which it was established after the Nigerian civil war. Your calling for compenstation does not make any meaning to me; how many people would die in northern states of nigeria for things that do not matter. Even if the killers are arrested now; believe me they would go free

Nigerian is seen as a land of terror even the so called federal government are corrupt as well.we need a change in Nigeria and this has to be done with immediate effect. Imagine a corper being slained for no reason a girl for that matter if it was a boy we would have being suspecting revenage from a rival group ,i mean cultisim..A lot of things need to be done in Nigeria we the citizens are not save anymore,what is the need for gorvenace if they cannot gurantee our safty.you so called commissioner or what ever position u find urself if u cannot do your job you should be ashamed of yourself. We are suffering in Nigerian and we need change .the EFCC are aressting boys on cyber crime what about your so called leaders.that are deceiving me and you? If the EFCC does not back out from aressting innocent citizens we all will become militants

Spirit of Adie and many more like her are hunting us all in this country.Blood all over the place.70 people dead because of our neglect of basic infrastructure,and u expect Nigeria to move forward?Common!

i sugest they should relocate corps members to somewhere safe until investigation is concluded.one cant be sure there wont be a re-occurence in the future..lol

what the hell is this? even the corp members are no longer safe.

They should find the killers and hold them responsible. What can the NYSC director do?

NYSC has no relevance anymore. even when i served 21 yrs ago, the essence had been eroded. do the right thing, stop killing Christians up north, using this scheme. ironically, i served in that hell hole.

SCRAP NYSC...

adieu grace, u died serving ur father's land. May your soul rest in perfect peace. Amen. But how long are we going to endure these things in Nigeria. Facebook members pls let us unit to fight against this evil epidemic. Arise!!!!!!!!!!!!

fake country wit strange tins happening........ imagine if she's d daughter of a minister? people pls comment on dis?

This NYSC is no longer safe for us, we have lost quite a number of young, intelligent and promising people either by accident, rape, religious crisis to mention a few, who their family suffered to train, in the name of NYSC. To me it’s a waste of time and energy I suggest the government scrap it.

pls, the should stop sending corp members to Borno state. It seems they dont appreciate the grace offered to them. If they will send at all it should be people from dat state. Pls justice shud be done in dis case

A check should be carried out on the statistics of corpers who die every service year. How many more people will lose their lives in the course of serving their Nation. NYSC as a compulsory call should be looked in to its taking more than its giving and can give. its not worth the lives its taking.

The incident is extremely shockin to hear.This inhuman act of killing a corps memeber is highly barberic.As an indegene of Borno State and also a current corps memebr serving in d Niger Delta,i condenm such act of evil.Borno indegenes r kwn 2 be peace lovin but ever since we got infected by d so called yan chiranis migratin frm our porous borders,our image to d outside world is becomin a mirage.A mirage dat fades our peace loving and hospitable nature.D predominant religion in Borno(islam) forbids shedding d blood of innocent mankind be it muslim,xtian .....This act calls for a massiv protest to been these beasts,orgres and murders to book.The wrath of almighty Allah will forever haunt them to nemesis.

NYSC SHOULD BE SCRAPPED! FINAL!

I've always said that it is a vain thing to 'serve ' this country. Young people are sent to villages and places where the leaders' children cannot be posted to, areas where religious and ethnic bias could lead to their lives being lost! What is the essence of that one year in the life of a young graduate? Now this young lady is gone, with no hope of a future... and she wont be the last. What a country! My advice, scrap the service thing and if it must persist, let each youth serve his home state.

Are we expecting more death cases before the Government makes up thier mind about the scraPping of this program, this program has over stayed its welcome in Nigeria and it is now useless, meaningless and waste of precious one year. which type of summon are they doing will it raise the dead girl or will the compensation cure the loss in the family. NYSC SHOULD BE SCRAPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When last was a Northern corper killed like a goat in the South? These issues run deep. Northern leaders have perpetually subjugated their masses sotay them no go ever fit know say bad thing no good. Theirs is a case worse than the raping of the Niger Delta.

@Mohammed K. Tijani... Im not in support of killing anyone in retaliation. Yes, it's true that people die everyday everywhere in different circumstances. But GRACE USHANG ADIE'S Case is DIFFERENT. GRACE's Life ought not to have been cut short that way... She didnt deserve it. The NYSC attires are MANDATORY (we have read stories of expulsion for protest to use trousers by some female corps members). My heart is weeping & bleeding for her... because I served the same Scheme 10years ago with lots of females compatriots. Were she your sister or daughter would you have been saying the same thing? That she was slaughtered in that manner for accepting to serve her fatherland in humility? That's why I feel so SAD to read from a Northerner who's here making any form of Arguement to justify her Death. Can you tell us which Norther Emir has condemned the Incident? Why would anyone think to leave Cross River State for Borno if not for Patriotism?

I feel deeply touched by this incident. Im imagining how this young woman with promising tomorrow, lots to look up to ... career, family life and all that was suddenly DENIED her LIFE unjustly. Im compelled 2 ask: Apart from "Cultural Interchange" What else does a CORP Member derive after the Service Year?

Arbakarba Arbah.The more you look,the less you see.Only resolution and order to appear.Just show.Stop the recent decision to include colleges of education,make sure corpers are only posted to their geographical zone,and make exemption age 25.This will make the scheme more manageable and focussed.I would have asked for an outright ban but at least it provides employment opportunities.Senate take action rather than ravel in grand public speaking please.Our country is no longer safe.

Trust Nigerian news... I'm sure we will never know the true story behind this senseless act, neither will the Police find the killers. This is very annoying...

why are thins goin so bad in this country. to serve one's fatherland is now something that could make you pay dearly with ur own life, anyway, that's why some pple will neva want to go 4 NYSC at all. all d same the federal government should provide more security 4 corp members and increase there allowances. thanks. please we should find the perpetrators of this evil act.

Adieu Grace! if only tears kuld bring u back 2 earth,how glad & happi ur folks & siblings wuld b. i'm in support of students not bn posted to strange states.

northerners r really so backward in dr perception of thngs.may Adie's soul r.i.p

This is such a tragic and unbelievable story. My condolences goes to the Adie family.

Its really babaric that we will be experiencing this in the 21st century. Its rather unfortunate that she has to die serving her country. Our lawmakers should do something about it. its not enough to bring this to the floor of the house but what happens after the summons. what conpensation could possibly be adequate. Borno state govt must find the culprits and bring them to book. period