Lagos evacuates 222 corps members from the North

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26 April 2011

Lagos evacuates 222 corps members from the North

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has evacuated 222 corps members posted to different northern states who are indigenes of Lagos. The agency’s general manager, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, told journalists while receiving the corps members, who arrived over a two-day period, that more corps members who are in violent prone areas will be promptly evacuated. “When we received distress calls from the NYSC members serving in the northern states, especially Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, we sought permission from Governor Babatunde Fashola to activate our emergency response plan,” he said. “As we speak, effort is on to move corps members from different locations to the nearest airport where they can be flown to safety.”