Lost Files
About seven of us had been selected, as leaders from our respective CDS groups, to serve as leaders overseeing Corp members in different polling centres and units across the city of PortHarcourt. The assignment was clear and simple, get citizens verified & registered and also avoid the intrigues of local politics, as Corpers are supposed to be non-partisan. I was assigned to oversee Civic Centre area all the way to Lagos street and I was prepared not to fail. A shabby training was organised for us, with the expectation that we would use our ingenuity to improvise where we may feel necessary, afterall we were graduates. The exercise eventually started. My position, as with other leaders meant that we were responsible for all the corp members under our units, especially as it pertained to welfare & safety. Of course we had heard a lot of stories and seen some scenes for ourselves how this downtown zone can be very tensed. It was going to be one step at a time, and any sign of b