A cartel in Minna, the Niger State capital, has turned National Youths
Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp into a recruitment ground for
“young prostitutes.”
The cartel, according to findings, consists of elitist group;
politicians, journalists with the active connivance of some NYSC
officials, who approve the requests of the cartel to post selected
female Corps members to a particular government agency, boards and
parastatals.
The unsuspecting female Corps members soon
succumb to their wishes after promises of not only posting them to
Government House or choice areas with mouth-watering incentives,
including furnishing house for them to stay throughout the duration of
their one year national service for sexual satisfaction.
Selected/recruitied Corps members by the cartel from the Paiko NYSC
Camp are always included on the list of those posted to serve in the
Protocol Department, Government House to cover their tracks, the source
said.
As a way of rewarding the girls, parties to celebrate birthdays by
each of them are organised if they wished, end of their service year is
usually celebrated for them as they are quickly replaced with new
intakes almost immediately by the cartel, the source said.
To avoid the prying eyes of unsuspecting public, the male partners under
the cover of being part of the Government House Corpers’ lodge behind
the
Idris Legbo Kutigi International conference centre, Minna visit their partners in the unholy act at odd hours.
Investigations reveal that the dislodgement of the journalists and
their politician collaborators from the Government House Corpers’ Lodge
began when they started having issues among themselves and their
activities became an open secret. This, the source said, almost cost one
of the protocol officers in government house his job.
Reacting to the developments in an interview, Niger State NYSC
coordinator, Mr. Steven Ehoda-Adi, said that he was not aware of any
such cartel existing in the state.
Steven however told our correspondent that the NYSC in the state
ensures proper documentations for Corps members deployed to government
and recognized corperate organizations when it becomes absolutely
necessary with reasons in accordance with the laws establishing the
NYSC.
Steven however added that the NYSC has little or no control over the private life of Corps members. He said,
“I
am not aware of any cartel recruiting Corps members for the purpose of
prostitution. I am rather shocked hearing that some of your colleagues,
journalists are actively involved in this unholy act”.
