Ogeh Chibuife, a fake National Youth Service Corps member, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for illegal entry into the Magaji Dan Yumusa Orientation Camp, Keffi, the state capital.
A statement by the state police spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, on Thursday, stated that Chibuife who is an undergraduate at the Ebonyi State University confessed to having bought the NYSC gears on the market and had snuck into the camp to take pictures during the 21-day orientation programme meant for the 2024 Batch A, Stream 1 corps members.
Nansel said the suspect, an extra-year student of Public Administration, was discovered during a head count at the camp.
He said the case was reported to the police by an NYSC official on Sunday, and she was apprehended by officers of the force.
“Investigation revealed that the suspect was a student of Ebonyi State University, Faculty of Management Science and Department of Public Administration.
“She confessed that she was supposed to have graduated in 2022, but had a lot of spillover courses, and in a bid to cover up the lies she had made to her parents, she went to the market and purchased NYSC uniforms/other items meant for corps members and sneaked into the camp in order to take pictures and send to her parents before nemesis caught up with her,” he said.
Nansel also added that the suspect had been charged with criminal trespass, impersonation, and forgery at the Chief Magistrate Court in Keffi.
He warned the Nigerian youths to avoid being pushed into such acts as the law will eventually catch up with them.
(The Whistler)
