PUNCH NEWS
The National Youth Service Corps has defended an Enugu corps member who was caught allegedly manipulating election results in a polling unit in the state.
The NYSC said the error committed by corps member in Abakpa Ward in Enugu East Local Government Area, was not deliberate.
The corps member was reported to have favoured one of the presidential candidates in the elections held last Saturday.
In a statement by the Director, Press and Public Relations of NYSC, Eddy Megwa, the organisation noted that the corps member wrongly entered the election results due to stress faced in the electioneering process.
To put the records straight, the corps member in question confessed that she was stressed out in the work and was very tired during the counting of ballots, she admitted making a wrong entry of election results,” it read.
The statement further said the corps member observed the mistake and corrected it herself without anybody prompting her…
