One of the two National Youths Service Corps, NYSC members Giveth Okwuowulu, who died along Ugbawka/Nara road in Enugu will be laid to rest, June 14, 2023.
According to the burial program issued by the family, the 25-year-old Giveth Okwuowulu will be laid to rest in her hometown, Otolo Nnewi, in Nnewi Local Government Area.
Details of the program revealed that on Wednesday, June 14, her body will leave Akwudo Anglican mortuary, Nnewi for her father’s compound, Egbu-Umuenem Otolo Nnewi for funeral Mass at the same compound at 10am.
On Sunday, June 18, there will be outing Mass at St. Felix Catholic Church parish, Egbu-Umuenem Otolo Nnewi at 10am.
However, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has earlier confirmed the death of two corps members in a motor accident in Enugu state on June 6, 2023.
Recall that the Victims, Giveth Nzubechukwu Okwuowulu and Ada, both from Anambra, lost their lives when the vehicle they were travelling veered off a bridge and plunged into a river.
The accident happened at the boundary between Ugbawka and Nara in Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, while on their way to Calabar from Onitsha for their primary assignment.
The Coordinator of NYSC in Cross River State, Andrew Zemoh, who confirmed the incident on Thursday, June 8, 2023, clarified that only two members of the corps died in the crash, contrary to reports making the round on social media.
Speaking in an interview with news men, Zemoh said the parents and other officials have since evacuated the bodies and deposited in a mortuary.