NECO Registrar, Godswill Obioma, has been reportedly killed by unknown assailants who strangled him to death at his home in Minna, Niger State, North Central Nigeria.
While the dust is yet to settle over the murder of APC Chieftain, Ahmed Gulak and other security issues bedevilling the country, another ugly one emerges.
The NECO boss, before his death was said to have been at odds with some of the senior folks in the Federal Ministry of Education.
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The soft-spoken NECO Registrar has had to face the Senate on an ongoing probe of N6.5b contracts. The late Obioma said his predecessors were uncomfortable, but that he wouldn’t speak “for now”.
Some news outlets reported that Obioma had just returned to Minna from a trip to Abuja when the armed men, lurking in his compound, descended on him & strangled him.
Meanwhile, the exam body says Mr Obioma died of heart related issues. The Director, Human resources of the NECO, Abdul Mustapha confirmed the death of the NECO boss, said he died in his sleep as a result of heart failure. This contradicted earlier report of assassination.
The second son of the deceased, Prince Godswill Obioma had informed Mustapha, saying,
“Mustapha K. Abdul (Director Human Resource Management, NECO),
“Dear Sir, this is to formally inform you that my father, Prof. Godswill Obioma, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO passed to eternal glory yesterday 31/5/2021 after a brief illness.
“We request that you kindly notify the Board, Management and the entire staff of the Council of this development.
“We shall keep you duly informed.”
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