Heavily armed gunmen, suspected to be members of a terrorist group, on
Thursday attacked the lodge of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, at
the Family House of the Redeemed Christian Corps Fellowship, RCCF, in
Taraba State.
Information gathered from reliable sources revealed that
the armed men dispossessed the corpers of their money and other
valuables, and even attempted to rape the girls.
It was gathered that the bandits held the corp members hostage for
several hours after robbing them. The gunmen were said to have gained
entrance into the lodge from a toilet in the female wing of the
building, carting away three laptops, 24 mobile phones and an
undisclosed amount of money.
One of the victims, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “We were about 20 corps members in the lodge when it happened. All our phones were taken away.
“Some of us had more than one phones. Our monthly feeding allowance, which we contributed, was also taken away by the evil men.”
Another said: “We were sleeping when some men came in holding all sorts of dangerous weapons. We never resisted them. We obeyed their orders because we were shocked by fear.
"They threaten to behead us. They asked us of our state of origin and religion, threatening to behead us if we misbehave.”
Confirming the attack, RCCF President, Banji Omogbehin, said: “The motive of the attack was unknown because the bandits asked us our state of origin, threatened to rape our ladies and behead us.”
Officials of NYSC, who visited the corps members, said the issue would be seriously addressed, as the scheme would not tolerate such act on its serving corps members.
One of the victims, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “We were about 20 corps members in the lodge when it happened. All our phones were taken away.
“Some of us had more than one phones. Our monthly feeding allowance, which we contributed, was also taken away by the evil men.”
Another said: “We were sleeping when some men came in holding all sorts of dangerous weapons. We never resisted them. We obeyed their orders because we were shocked by fear.
"They threaten to behead us. They asked us of our state of origin and religion, threatening to behead us if we misbehave.”
Confirming the attack, RCCF President, Banji Omogbehin, said: “The motive of the attack was unknown because the bandits asked us our state of origin, threatened to rape our ladies and behead us.”
Officials of NYSC, who visited the corps members, said the issue would be seriously addressed, as the scheme would not tolerate such act on its serving corps members.
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