Corps Member Who Died Watching Nigeria vs South Africa Match Buried

After the tragic death of the member of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Peter Yununa who died in Yola as a result of tension during the AFCON match between Nigeria and South Africa on Wednesday, his remain has been moved from Yola for burial in his home state, Kaduna on Sunday.

The deceased was moved out of Yola on Saturday as part of preparation to have him buried in Makarfi, Kaduna State on Sunday, February 11.

__”’In their sad mood, students of Government Secondary School Numan, who he was teaching in his primary assignment, as well as his colleagues turned up, lining the Numan Bridge to bid him farwell as the ambulance conveying his body got set to start the journey on the Yola-Gombe highway towards Makarfi.

The deceased was a 26-year-old Community Health graduate of Shehu Idris College of Health Technology, Makarfi, who was teaching Chemistry at the GSS Numan as part of his service which began last November and was due to end in October, 2024.