RismadarVoice Reporters, May 2, 2026
A female member of the National Youth Service Corps has died after collapsing at an orientation camp in Borno State, with conflicting accounts emerging over the circumstances surrounding her death.
The incident occurred at the temporary NYSC orientation camp in Maiduguri, where the corps member reportedly fell ill on Monday evening and was later confirmed dead at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
State NYSC Coordinator Nasir Bello said the deceased had an underlying medical condition and did not participate in camp activities due to ill health. He maintained that she did not die during the drill but passed away at the hospital after being taken for treatment.
However, accounts from sources within the camp suggest the corps member collapsed after an evening drill before she was rushed to the clinic and later transferred to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Some sources also indicated that the deceased may have had a pre-existing condition, with claims that she had not been taking prescribed medication while in camp.
A top security official within the camp, who also spoke exclusively to me in an interview, said the deceased corps member collapsed on Monday evening at her hostel within the camp before she was rushed to the hospital.
“We had a successful drill that day, and nobody fell during the exercise to the best of my knowledge. But in the evening, the lady collapsed. Maybe it was due to the exercise. She was rushed to the camp clinic. From there, she was taken to the hospital in town, where she was confirmed dead,” the source who sought anonymity for fear of being victimised in the camp narrated.
Another source, yet a serving corps member, said that the lady was a diabetic patient.
“In our evening devotion yesterday (Tuesday) at the Nigerian Christian Corps Fellowship house, it was announced that the corps member was rushed to the clinic after she collapsed. Unfortunately, she later died,” the source said.
The source added, “I learnt she is a diabetic patient. Her drugs were seized at the gate when she was coming in. She has not been taking her drugs according to what we heard from her friends,” she explained.
