The management of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) has dissociated itself from the case of an arraigned “corps member”, Ikechukwu Ukanwa.
On Friday, Ukanwa was arraigned at an Iyaganku Magistrate Court in Oyo State for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235,000.
In a statement by its Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa, the NYSC however clarified that Ukanwa was an ex-corp member who had passed out in February 2023.
The scheme also warned corp members that the uniform did not provide immunity from any form of criminality.
It admonished corps members to continue to be of good behaviour and imbibe the core values of the NYSC.
The statement reads: “The attention of NYSC Management in Oyo State has been drawn to the information circulating on social media about a sorps member sent to jail in Ibadan, Oyo State, for criminal offense. Management wishes to make the following clarifications;
“The said Ukanwa Ikechuwku is now an ex-corps member who passed out of National Service in February 2023.
“Secondly, when he was serving, he collected a sum of Two Hundred and Thirty Five Thousand naira to purchase a physiotherapy machine for a woman at the police clinic where he was serving but failed to get the machine.
“Every attempt made by the woman to get a refund of her money from this ex-Corps Member proved abortive, therefore she decided to charge him to court for criminal offence”.
The management enjoined corps members to always be of good behaviour and adhere strictly to the core values of the NYSC scheme in all their transactions.
