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Bodies of five dead prospective corps members arrive A’Ibom for burial

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Bodies of five dead prospective corps members arrive A’Ibom for burial

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The remains of the five prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who lost their lives in a road crash on Abaji-Kwali Expressway in Abuja on July 28 have been flown to Uyo, Akwa Ibom State for burial.

The bodies of the deceased were ferried to Uyo through an Airforce plane. The date for their burials is yet to be announced.

The victims, who were graduates of both Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic and the University of Uyo were Upere Innocent Peter and Akpan Victor Joseph, graduates of Mass Communication from Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic.

Others were Asuquo Miracle Effiong, a graduate of Psychology; Ekikoh Stella Sylvester, a graduate of Sociology and Anthropology and Ezuruike Coleman Chikwado, graduate of History and International Studies, all of the University of Uyo.