Corps member stabs boss for refusing to sign clearance form

– Corps member involved recently graduated as a law student and was called to bar 2015

– Employer says he observed a poor attitude to work within a short period

– NYSC confirms case, explains that investigation is ongoing

In an unfortunate turn of events, a corps member has allegedly stabbed his boss over his refusal to sign his monthly clearance form.

The corps member, Godbless Nnaji who is presently undergoing the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in Calabar, Cross Rivers state, had reportedly tried to persuade Donald Archibong, his boss at a private chamber where he works.

Nnaji, a graduate of law, resorted to violence when the boss refused to grant his request and reportedly broke the centre table in his boss’s office and used one of the pieces of glass to stab him on his right arm. 

The Punch reports that Archibong explained how he took Nnaji in last December 2015 and observed within a short period, that he had poor attitude towards work.

Narrating his ordeal, he said: “I decided to write to the Cross River State NYSC secretariat via their zonal coordinator seeking for his recall and I decided to give a week of grace whether there would be show of repentance and when none was forthcoming, I sent out the letter on March 9.

“An hour later, Barrister Nnaji barged into my office, demanding for his clearance for the month of March. I informed him that that would be quite impossible as I would not want to contradict myself, having asked for his recall on one hand.

“He demanded that I withdraw the recall letter I sent to NYSC. At that point I asked him to leave my office. This infuriated him and he started using uncouth and extremely abusive words on my person.

“He became extremely violent, threatening my life, saying ‘you cannot destroy my future; I will kill you before you destroy my future. 

“Nnaji did not only stab me, he took N68, 000 in an envelope from his office that was meant for an arrangement for my late mother’s burial and a GSM phone, which he later dropped.”

An official in the office of the head of rewards and discipline at the NYSC secretariat in Calabar, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the case, noting that investigations had commenced.

“The unit is in receipt of the petition written by Archibong and is currently investigating the matter.

“Do not publish any story because the matter is under investigation. If you want to write on it, wait for the outcome of the investigation.

“It is not my duty to respond to the allegation,” he reportedly told The Punch correspondent.