An official of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Ogun State, Abass Olalekan, is currently in police custody following the death of a female corps member, Victoria Ariyo, in Abeokuta.
Ariyo, who was serving in Abeokuta South Local Government Area (LGA), reportedly died on Tuesday from complications linked to a terminated pregnancy.
Sources said the corps member allegedly underwent a pregnancy termination and later developed complications that led to her death.
She has since been buried at Kobape Cemetery along the Kobape-Sagamu Road in Abeokuta.
Her death comes barely a month after another corps member, Adeleye Mary, died under yet-to-be-explained circumstances in the same Abeokuta South LGA.
Confirming Olalekan’s arrest, the source said, “He is in our custody at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta.”
The police source, however, said there is no connection between the current incident and the one that occurred last month. “There’s no connection between this case and the other one (referring to Mary’s death) you mentioned.”
Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the death of Ariyo and said that the investigation was ongoing.
However, he failed to respond to questions on the arrest of the LGI and the alleged involvement.
