Cultists Chop Off Corps Member's Hand in Bayelsa

A female corps member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in the Obuah community in Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa State, Miss. Folakemi Akinbode was on Monday night attacked by suspected cultists who chopped off right hand.

Miss Oluwakemi Akinbode, a 26-year- old Ondo State indigene is Batch A Corps member and graduate of Nursing from the Madonna University, Elele in Rivers State, was attacked at about 8:30pm, while returning to the Corps Lodge near the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobori, near Yenagoa.

According to a corps member, who gave his name simply as Fred, told Leadership that the attacked corps member was serving at the university teaching hospital for primary assignment.

According to Fred, the attack was a shock to many other corps members in the area.

The attacked Corps member is presently receiving treatment at the Teaching Hospital.

Confirming the incident, the Paramount Ruler of the Community, the Ibolou XI of Obunagha, H.R.H Godsgive Apoh, condemned the incident and summoned an emergency meeting of the Youth Vigilante Association to investigate and apprehend those involved in the attack.

When contacted on the development, the state police public relations officer, Mr Alex Akhigbe said though no arrest had been made, operatives had been deployed to track down the attackers.

Source: Leadership