The kidnappers had demanded the sum of N100 million to release the five corps members.
The meeting, chaired by the Director General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga to seek ways of dealing with the crisis, however, resolved to appeal to the kidnappers to release the corps members. Also, it has emerged that Ekiti State government had taken steps to ensure the posting out of Bauchi State of the state indigenes, who are corps members.
The source confided in Nigeria Newspapers that members in attendance at the meeting were unanimous that paying ransom might make the kidnap of corps members attractive, given their spread and presence in every corner of the country.
The source who did not want his name in print, said: “The meeting chaired by the DG agreed on the need to secure the release of the kidnapped corps members by other means, other than paying ransom. The argument is that if ransom is paid now, what becomes of the fate of corps members posted to remote places without security.
“It simply means that any criminal gang can seize hapless corps members and hold them for ransom to make easy money. We cannot afford to expose these young men and women serving the nation to this kind of danger.”
The meeting, it was learnt, also sympathized with parents of the kidnapped corps members , but agreed without any objection to appeal to the conscience of the kidnappers.
It was further learnt that the meeting took notice of moves by Ekiti State government to ensure that all corps members who are indigenes of the state, posted to Bauchi, were immediately deployed to other states outside the North.
No fewer than seven corps members from Ekiti State lost their lives in the post-election violence that erupted in some parts of the country, making Ekiti State one with the highest number of casualties.
The effort to ensure the posting out of Bauchi State new corps members from Ekiti State, the meeting was informed, was spearheaded by the State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka.
The source informed Vanguard that the decision to take Ekiti them out of Bauchi State was informed by pressures from parents and guardians, who feared another outbreak of violence.
Meanwhile, Ekiti urges redeployment of indigenes out of Bauchi
Source: http:///dimeji-bankole-usmannafada-may-face-n40bn-loan-charge/
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