According to The Cable, the NYSC boss had visited the polling units to boost the morale of the corp members who have been deployed to work with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In a trending video, Brigadier General Ahmed was seen engaging the corp members about the activities so far, to which they responded, “no wahala.”
This came a day after the NYSC DG called for heightened security measures to protect corps members and NYSC officials participating in the Edo State gubernatorial election.
According to Caroline Embu, the acting director of information and public relations of the NYSC, the DG made the appeal during his advocacy visit to the 4 Brigade Nigerian Army in Benin City on Friday, September 20.
General Ahmed emphasized the NYSC’s priority on corps members’ security and welfare. He noted that 2,550 trained corps members will serve as electoral officers across 18 local government areas.
The NYSC Director-General made the appeal to Major General OG Onubogu, GOC, 2 Div Nigerian Army, who is overseeing election monitoring in Edo State.
The NYSC seeks maximum security to ensure the safe participation of its personnel in the election.
See the video of his visit here:
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that the PDP had asked the IGP Kayoye Egbetoku to immediately redeploy AIG Benneth Igwe from election duty in Edo.
Debo Ologunagba, the party spokesperson, issued a statement on Saturday claiming that the APC had positioned Igwe to cause a crisis in the state.
According to Ologunagba, the AIG held a secret meeting with some police officers to provide cover for the APC thugs when they launched their attacks.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
