Professor Godswill Obioma, a registrar of National Examination Council (NECO) has been killed. He was reportedly strangled to death by gunmen suspected to be assassins.
His wife, Elizabeth Obioma, confirmed the incident on Tuesday morning saying “the assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything.”
She told an online newspaper, Peoples Gazette that her husband had just returned to Minna, Niger state from Abuja when the armed men attacked him. The police is yet to speak on the incident.
POLITICS NIGERIA understands that Mr Obioma, 67, was appointed head of NECO on May 14, 2020.
His death came barely 48 hours after Ahmed Gulak, a top politician of the ruling APC, was killed in Owerri, Imo State. More details to come…
UPDATED
NECO and other family sources have stated that Mr. Obioma died after a brief illness. Read more HERE
