By Maryam Makolo
A National Youth Service Corps member, Miss Akande Abosede Esther, with Call-up No.: NYSC/IFE/2023/201810 (Batch B stream 2), who was kidnapped on Wednesday 16th August 2023 has been released on Saturday 19th August 2023 to his father, Akande Edward Olalekon at about 10:30 PM at the Community High School Kakara Village, of Abaji Local government Area of FCT after the payment of the requested one million naira cash by the kidnappers, and the immeasurable role the Coalition of Nigerian Youths on Security and Safety Affairs, CONYSSA, played.
CONYSSA officially took up the case by reporting to the security agencies immediately after the situation unfolded. The youth organization also filed an official report to the Ministry of Youth and Sports which later played a vital role in her redeployment to Lagos state as the Ministry reached out to the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, for health assistance and others.
Akande, a graduate of Adeyemi College of Education University, Ondo State was said to have been kidnapped on Wednesday while on her way to the NYSC permanent orientation camp, Magaji Dan Yanusa Keffi, Nasarawa State.
After the release, the Director General, CONYSSA, Amb. Mario Emmanuel Aide, while addressing journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja appreciated the Ministry of Youth and Sports for its prompt action and the Police for keeping sleepless nights to secure her release.
Earlier, he thanked NYSC for redeploying her back to Lagos State where she is based instead of the initial Nasarawa state, and also for facilitating the payment of her flight ticket and the father back to Lagos, safely.
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