Police Confirms 9 Corps Members drown in Taraba River.
The Police in Taraba on Sunday confirmed the death of nine Corp members serving in Taraba State, following a water accident.
Taraba State Police Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP. David Missal who confirmed the death of nine out of the 22 Corps members who were swimming in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka local government area of the state said seven corpses have so far been recovered from the incident.
“Information available to our disposal revealed that 22 Youth Corps Members current serving in the state were on a picnic party in River Mayo-Selbe in Gashaka LGA on Saturday when the incident happened.
“We were made to understand that while they were swimming in the river there was sudden upsurge in the volume of water which carried them away.
“Nine of them were drowned in the water, while others managed to escape”.
“We have so far recovered seven corpses, while the search for the two remaining corpses is still in progress,” he said.
State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs. Florence Yaakugh also confirmed the incident described the incident as most unfortunate.
Yaakugh said seven bodies have been recovered while the search for the other two bodies was still ongoing by the locals in collaboration with security agencies and the NYSC.
“It’s a very sad development and we would soon have the identity of all the Corps members involved in the accident and make such information known appropriately.
“We have very sketchy information indicating that about nine of our Corps members were drowned in Gashaka yesterday.
“So far, seven bodies have been recovered and we are working with other relevant persons to recover the rest of the bodies and to identify them.
“This is a very sad development and the entire NYSC family in Taraba state is already thrown into deep mourning”, She said.