Sixteen Prospective Corps Members have died in a fatal accident while travelling to the NYSC orientation camp in Gombe State.
According to reports, they were all graduates of Adeyemi Federal University of Education (AFUED) in Ondo State.
They were in an 18-seater bus when the crash happened.
Eyewitnesses described the accident as “catastrophic.”
Two other students survived but are in critical condition at a hospital.
Emergency workers evacuated the bodies and rushed the injured for treatment.
As of now, the NYSC Management has not released an official statement.
Officials from the Federal Road Safety Corps at the scene are investigating the cause of the accident as at press time.
