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VOL. 7, NO. 1934 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011
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•Theresa Anyanwu, whose daughter, Agnes Onyinyechi, died
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PHOTOS: NAN, ABAYOMI FAYESE
Day of tears at INEC Compensation for families of slain NYSC members
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•Prof. Jega
IX months after the April general elections, echoes of the violence that rocked some areas are yet to die. A ceremony to hand families of Youth Corps members killed in the violence some compensation was held yesterday in Abuja. But, it was emotionally charged, with women crying endlessly. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials were busy consoling them. Youth Corps members serving as adhoc INEC staff were on April 8 at the INEC office in Suleja, Niger State to check their postings for election
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We do not like what happened, but it has happened. And as true believers in God, we just have to accept it as the will of God. As we prepared for the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission took an insurance policy for ad-hoc and permanent staff of INEC. By Our Reporter
duties the following day. Suddenly, there was a blast, which killed 11 people instantly and injured no fewer than 28 others.
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In Bauchi, many Youth Corps members were attacked by hoodlums in riots that followed the April 16 presidential election. In the Bauchi incidents, 10 Youth Corps members were killed.
They are: Adewunmi Paul (from Ekiti State), Okeome Okechukwu Chibudon (Imo), Ukazeone Amsalem (Imo), Anyanwu Agnes (Imo), Okpokiri Obina (Imo), Olawale Tosin (Kogi), Akonye Ibrahim Sule (Kogi), Gbenga Ebenezer Ayotunde (Osun), Adeniyi Kehinde Jelili (Osun) and Adohe Elliot (Bayelsa). President Goodluck Jonathan gave each of the families of the slain in Bauchi N5 million at an event at Aso Villa on May 10. Continued on page 4
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