ORPHANED CORPS MEMBER WHO SPONSORED HIMSELF THROUGH UNIVERSITY SHOT DEAD

NYSC Corps member serving in Cross River state, Usman Yunusa has been shot dead by armed robbers along Abuja-Kaduna highway four days ago.

Usman, a 2019 batch A corper and an indigen of Makarfi town, Kaduna state was orphaned at a tender age. By dint of hard work and determination, he sponsored himself through Bayero University Kano and graduated with a B.Sc. in Political Science.

Usman was on his way to his hometown when they were ambushed by armed robbers along Abuja-Kaduna highway. While other passengers managed to escape, he was hit by bullet fired by the robbers.

He was fast asleep at the time the bullet hit him and he passed away from his sleep. The incident, which occurred at around 3:am was as anyone could have imagined. One of the survivors of the atack narrated that they ran into the armed robbers who laid an ambush and suddenly came under fire without any provocation. At the time, the victim was fast asleep. They only noticed thst he was hit after they managed to escape from the robbers. He did not even move from his sleeping position when he was hit.