2011 post-election violence victims’ families get FG jobs
Published 16 June 2021
Ten years after their death, the President, Major General Muhammed Buhari (retd.), has approved the automatic employment of 10 direct siblings of members of the National Youth Service Corps who were killed by suspected Islamic fundamentalists during the 2011 post-election violence in Bauchi State.
The corps members involved in the 2011 Bauchi killings were Adewumi Seun (Ekiti), Teidi Tosin (Kogi), Adowei Elliot (Bayelsa), Okpokiri Obinna (Abia), Gbenjo Ayotunde (Osun), Ukeoma Chibuzor (Imo), Nwazema Chukwuonyerem (Imo), Adeniji Jehleel (Osun) and Akonyi Sule (Kogi).
The President also approved scholarships for the four children of Adowei Elliot, while the government said Buhari’s gesture was a sign of the Federal Government’s commitment to the NYSC programme.