The body of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, member, identified simply as Ernest, was recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous substance.
Reports indicated that the young man, who was in love with a fellow NYSC member, Chioma Okewuru, went furious when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from a man who has recently promised to marry her. Ernest, who is from Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma, and both were serving in Redemption Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.
