Opeyemi,
it was learnt, died in the area where he was posted for his primary assignment.
It was
also learnt that the deceased corps member slumped a day after he had a party
with his colleagues in the area.
“A day
after the party, he complained of a health-related issue and before we knew
what was happening he slumped and died,” a source, who craved anonymity, said.
It was
gathered that Opeyemi’s death caused panic among corps members, who raised the
alarm over incessant deaths of their colleagues in the state.
His
remains were later deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre,
Yenagoa.
On
Friday, corps members cried uncontrollably when the kinsmen of the deceased
came to convey Opeyemi’s remains to Ekiti, his home state for burial. Hundreds
of corps members went in large number to the mortuary.
Officials
of the NYSC in the state were led by the NYSC state Coordinator, Mr. Anthony
Ekeocha.
Ekeocha
reportedly described the death as painful and decried incessant deaths of corps
members in Bayelsa.
He said,
“We are here to carry out an assignment and it is a painful assignment.
“We all
pray that we should not die prematurely but at an old age. I put myself in the
shoes of the parents after much investment but at the end this is what they
got”.
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