The Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Cross River State, Andrew Zemoh has clarified that only two members of the corps died in a motor accident on their way to Calabar.
Speaking in a telephone interview with Daily Trust on Thursday, Zemoh said the two corps members were female and of Anambra State origin.
He said the accident happened on their way to Calabar from Onitsha for their primary assignment.
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He said the accident occurred in Enugu State on Tuesday.
He said the parents alongside himself and other officials have since evacuated the bodies and deposited in a mortuary.
It was gathered that the vehicle, which the victims were traveling in, plunged into a river and the victims reportedly drowned.
