Female corps member dies in Bayelsa orientation camp

A female corps member posted to Bayelsa State reportedly slumped and died at the State's Orientation Camp in Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokuma Local Government Area.


According to reports, the corps member who was identified as Miss Elechi Chinyerem, aged 27, reportedly died after vomiting on arrival at the camp.

Fellow corps members claim that the deceased on arrival at the camp last Thursday looked “terribly sick” and could not participate in some opening sessions at the camp. A source said, “The doctor at the NYSC camp’s clinic immediately referred her to the state-owned Diette-Koki Memorial Hospital in the Opolo area of Yenagoa, the state capital, where she was confirmed dead.”

The deceased was a graduate of the Ignatius Azuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State