Matui Esky, a 24-year-old prospective corps member, who died in a ghastly accident on his way to Katsina State, for the three weeks mandatory orientation exercise, has been laid to rest on Tuesday (today).

The burial service and interment which was held at the Christian Cemetery, Yelwa, Bauchi on Tuesday morning, had hundreds of sympathizers mostly youths in attendance. THE PUNCH reports.

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Esky is a graduate of Architecture from the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, and was sent to Borno to do his one-year mandatory national youth service and was on his way to Katsina he was engaged in a ghastly car accident last Friday. Information Guide Nigeria

At the cemetery, Rev. Luka Bitrus who is the Regional Church Council Chairman, COCIN Kagadama said that the incident has left them devastated. jamb results

“This death has left us with deep thoughts. It is causing us serious pain and sadness, it does not call for eating and drinking because a strong man has died. I call on you all to have deep thoughts about happenings such as these.”