JUST IN: NYSC hostel collapses, injures corps members in Ekiti

There was apprehension at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp in Ise-Emure, Ekiti State, on Friday morning following the collapse of a hostel wall.

Thefrontrank learnt that the female section of the hostel collapsed, leading to many corps members sustaining injuries.

“The wall of one of the female hostels collapsed this morning (Friday). It was the bathroom wall which caved in when they were planning to take their bath,” a source who pleaded for anonymity said.

“But thank God, people rushed down there to retrieve them from the rubble. They have been stabilized at the clinic and they will get further medical treatments.”

The corps members are currently in the camp for the three weeks compulsory orientation camp.

An official of the NYSC who confirmed the incident said only two corps members were affected and had been stabilized at the camp’s clinic.

He called on parents, guardians and stakeholders not to panic over the incident, adding that it had no serious negative impact on the corps members.