Post-election violence: Osun buries slain corps members

The remains of the  two slain National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who were indigenes of Osun State killed in Bauchi Statewere, on Monday, interred in their hometown, Gbongan, headquarters of Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State amidst deep sorrow and gnashing of teeth.The corps members, Gbenjo Ebenezer Ayotunde with identification number BA/10B/0463 and Adeniyi Kehinde Jehleel, with number BA/10B/0197, were batch A corps members in Bauchi State.Ayotunde and Adeniyi, who were graduates of Economics Education and Banking and Finance respectively, were among the nine corps members killed in the post-election violence that erupted in Bauchi state shortly after the April 16 presidential election.The Osun State government in compliance with the directives of the Federal Government and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) organised a befitting state burial for the deceased inOsogbo, the state capital and Gbongan, their home town.The Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, who represented the governor, Rauf Aregbesola, at the lying-in state ceremony held atBola Ige House, Governors office, Osogbo urged the families of the deceased to take solace in God.Oyetola, who betrayed emotions at the lying-in state, which was witnessed by top government officials, civil servants, politicians and corp members in the state enjoined the people of the state, to remain peaceful and desist from retaliating.At a brief funeral service held for the deceased at St. Peters Anglican Church, Gbongan, the Olufi of Gbongan, Oba Emmanuel Oyeniyi, enjoined the parents of the slain corps members to leave everything to God who he said has the power to judge all mortals.The state government also assured the families of the deceased of adequate compensation at an appropriate time.
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