NYSC Debunks Report Of Missing Osun Corps Member

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Osun State, has clarified that a corps member, Adewebi Opeoluwa, was neither missing nor kidnapped, contrary to reports circulating online.

Adewebi, with registration number OS/26A/5230, is serving at St. James Grammar School, Ayetoro, in Olorunda Local Government Area of the state.

The clarification was contained in a statement signed by the NYSC Osun State Public Relations Officer, Otemuyiwa Catherine, on behalf of the State Coordinator, Ekeng Ita Kubiangha.

The NYSC said concerns about the corps member’s whereabouts arose after her mother was unable to reach her for some days, prompting a missing-person report.

According to the scheme, Adewebi subsequently confirmed that she was safe and accounted for, adding that there was no cause for alarm.

The development was later amplified online, including in a report published by an online media outlet on Thursday, which claimed that Adewebi had been missing since September 20.

However, in a public notice and retraction dated Monday, September 28, Adewebi said the report did not accurately reflect the circumstances.

“I wish to state categorically that I was not missing, neither was I kidnapped,” she said, adding that she was “safe, accounted for and not in any danger.”

The corps member explained that her mother’s inability to contact her for some days triggered the initial alarm, which was subsequently amplified by the media.

Adewebi acknowledged that the initial report was made in good faith because of her mother’s concern, and apologised for the alarm and confusion caused by the report to the NYSC community, her State Coordinator, Place of Primary Assignment, friends and colleagues.