Outrage as Corps Member Is Killed in Adamawa, Police Launch Manhunt

Outrage as Corps Member Is Killed in Adamawa, Police Launch Manhunt

The Adamawa State Police Command has launched a full investigation into the kidnapping and killing of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Beecroft Wenisefrus Dankunama, in Lamurde Local Government Area of the state.

Dankunama, who bore state code KT/24C/1218, was a native of the Tsobo community in Furtu, Lamurde LGA, and was reportedly murdered on Saturday, December 20, 2025, while returning home.

According to the Tsobo Youth Development Association (TYDA), the deceased corps member was deployed to Katsina State for his national service and had briefly returned to Adamawa to seek medical attention before resuming duty. The association said Dankunama was last seen in Lafiya while traveling to Furtu through Lamurde, but never arrived at his destination.

Local sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, alleged that Dankunama was stopped in Lamurde, identified, abducted, and later killed by youths suspected to be militias.

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Confirming the incident in a statement on Monday, December 22, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo Morris, PSC (+), had ordered the immediate deployment of rescue teams and crime scene experts to Lamurde for an on-the-spot assessment and discreet investigation.

“The Commissioner of Police has swiftly responded to the alleged online publication of the kidnapping and killing of a corps member who was said to have finished his service in Katsina State and was on his way to his village in Lamurde LGA of Adamawa State,” the statement read.

Nguroje added that the command would take appropriate legal action based on the outcome of the investigation and urged members of the public with useful information to come forward.

The police further appealed for calm, assuring residents that the command remains committed to professionalism, accountability, and the protection of citizens’ rights.

Outrage as Corps Member Is Killed in Adamawa, Police Launch Manhunt