An NYSC 2016, Batch B corps member, Ifedolapo has died in her place of service in Kano state.
The young lady who was deployed from Osun state to partake in the compulsory l exercise, was said to have died after she got to the camp stressed out.
Ifedolapo’s friends and family have cried out, calling on the government to scrap the exercise which led to her death.
According to a Facebook report by Oladele Bamiji, he explained that the young lady was forced to partake in the military drills despite complaining about being stressed out from the travel and registration in camp.
In his words, “From Osun State, deployed to far away Kano to serve her fatherland, Tired and stressed up in traffic, Forced to partake in military drills the following morning, collapsed, tried to stay alive but died still.”
“Pls for God’s sake, if NYSC cannot be scrapped, let it be restructured to give room for service in neighboring States. This is one death too many!”
IFEDOLAPO OLADEPO, THE WORLD IS GRIEVED TO LOSE YOU, RIP
Ngozi Emenike also lamented about the sad incident, she said, “So this girl died in Kano camp today due to negligence. They assumed she was pretending to be sick in order to dodge parade, so they refused to treat her until the situation got complicated. When will Nigeria grow? RIP Ifedolapo.”
NYSC is a mandatory exercise for all graduates of higher institutions, aimed at exposing people to different tribes, cultures and promoting interpersonal relationships.
