Youth Corps Member Slumps, Dies At Registration Centre

INEC on Monday confirmed the death of a youth corps member who slumped at a registration centre in  Adamawa, apparently from epilepsy attack.

Mr. Kassim Gaidam, INEC Commissioner in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola  that the incident occurred on Saturday when the affected corps member was registering some voters.

“He died of epilepsy while registering eligible voters,” he said.

Gaidam said that “the deceased had registered more than 1,000 eligible voters within the first two  weeks of the exercise. “

“This shows his dedication and commitment to the national assignment,” the INEC Commissioner said.

Gaidam said that the corps member who studied at the Federal University of Technology, Yola, was  buried on Saturday in accordance with the Islamic rites.

In a related development, two officers of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC),  who were engaged by INEC in the ongoing voter registration in Demsa Local Government Area of the  state, had also died from suffocation.

Gaidam said the duo died from electric generator fumes while guarding DDC machines kept in a room  allocated to them in the area.