{"id":95359,"date":"2022-05-27T08:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95359"},"modified":"2022-05-27T08:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T07:29:23","slug":"oduah-to-nysc-retract-abscondment-allegation-or-risk-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/oduah-to-nysc-retract-abscondment-allegation-or-risk-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Oduah to NYSC: Retract abscondment allegation or risk legal action"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, has threatened to sue the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), if it does not retract the allegation that she failed to complete her youth service.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a May 24 letter, the NYSC had claimed that Oduah did not complete the mandatory national youth service scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC director-general, had said Oduah was mobilised for national service in 1982\/83 and was posted to Lagos, but absconded after the orientation.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe consequence of this is that she is not qualified for the issuance of the certificate of national service.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a letter signed by Ezennia Nonso Chukwudebe, Oduah\u2019s media director, the senator described the allegation as \u201creckless\u201d and \u201cscandalous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur attention has been called to your scandalous letter referenced above in which you acknowledged that Sen. Stella Oduah was mobilised for youth service in 1982 and served in the Lagos orientation camp, but then concluded that she \u2018absconded\u2019 and was not issued a certificate of discharge,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat reckless statement, which we consider grossly irresponsible, no doubt suggests that it was procured from you for political considerations in favour of Sen. Oduah\u2019s political detractors. We are shocked that you condescended so low to make such false and unverified conclusions, which is damaging to her character and image.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cFor the avoidance of doubt, Sen. Oduah\u2019s NYSC place of primary assignment was the popular Nigeria Employers\u2019 Consultative Association (NECA). When a similar allegation was made by her political contenders in 2017, NECA issued a letter dated 11th January 2017 Ref No: NECA\/SELA\/H4 confirming that she carried out her NYSC primary assignment with them. Find attached a copy of that letter for reference as well as a photograph of our client as a youth corper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat issue also attended litigation and she has a court judgment in her favour in the case of Chinedu Emmanuel Emeka v. Princess Stella Oduah, EPT\/AWK\/SEN\/13\/2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cOrdinarily, one needs not be bothered about any other similar allegations in the light of the aforesaid judgment and the fact that NYSC is not a constitutional qualification to hold any public office in Nigeria, but your statement has to a large extent defamed her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn your exact words, \u2018after the orientation course, she absconded\u2019. It is curious how a person who had participated in all NYSC activities at the Orientation Camp can be said to have \u201cabsconded\u201d because she left for her place of primary assignment as it was the routine. It is either you chose to ignore your record or your office has failed to keep proper records.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are by this letter given 48 hours to retract your statement, failing which legal actions shall be commenced against you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The senator representing Anambra North, Stella Oduah, has threatened to sue the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), if it does not retract the allegation that she failed to complete her&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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