Female corps members robbed, raped as gunmen attack NYSC lodge in Akwa Ibom

Hoodlums on Tuesday night attacked the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) lodge along Udo Ekong Ekwere street in Uyo local government area of Akwa Ibom State.

It was gathered the hoodlums robbed as well as raped female corpers at the lodge.

Newsmen learnt that the gunmen invaded the area around 1pm on tricycle carting away valuables including laptops, cell phones and cash.

Some of the corps member who spoke with journalists on Wednesday morning lamented that there was no help anywhere during the attack despite their cry for help.

One of the corp members, Emeka Emmanuel, said: “They arrived on a tricycle, popularly called Keke and immediately started operation.

They banged on every door with heavy iron and threatened to shoot us if we fail to cooperate”.

A female Corps member, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, while fighting back tears, said her phones, laptop, cash were forcefully taken away from her after the hoodlums gained entrance into her room.

“You know at that period of the night, most of us females, we used to sleep naked and the suddeness of the attack caught us unprepared. They beamed the torch through the window and threatened to shoot if the door is not quickly opened,” she explained.