The Benue State Coordinator of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Mrs Veronica Garba, says Corps members in crisis areas have been evacuated into family houses in Makurdi.
Garba made this known in an interview with newsmen on Thursday in Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State.
The coordinator said that as soon as the NYSC management heard about the crisis, it evacuated the Corps members from the Yelewata and Daudu areas.
According to her, the Corps members were instantly settled in NYSC family houses, including offices of the Nigeria Corpers Christian Fellowship, NCCF, National Association of Catholic Corps Members, NACCM, and Muslim Corpers Association of Nigeria, MCAN.
“We do not joke with the safety of our corps members because we take them as our children so as soon as we heard about the crisis, we contacted the Commissioner of Police who detailed his officers to help us evacuate our corps members.
“We then did our head count and none was missing so we arranged with the heads of all the family houses and got them settled in Makurdi for now pending when the situation will improve,”; she said.
The coordinator urged parents to be calm, saying that their children were safe. She assured parents that with the relocation of security chiefs to Benue, the situation would improve.
“I am sure that the parents of our Corps members have heard that all the security chiefs have moved to Benue so they have no reason to fear.
“Above all, God who is the safest security is everywhere; He is with your children too,”; Garba said.
DAILY POST reports that President Bola Tinubu was in Makurdi on Wednesday where he held meetings with stakeholders and directed security agencies to ensure adequate security in affected communities.
He also ordered the arrest of suspects involved in the attacks that claimed many lives.
