Prof. Godswill Obioma
EKO HOT BLOG reports that gunmen have reportedly killed the Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Godswill Obioma.
Obioma was said to have been shot dead after the gunmen invaded his residence in Minna, Niger State, on Monday night.
The wife of the deceased, Elizabeth Obioma, made the disclosure in the early hours of Tuesday.
“The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,” she said.
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The NECO Registrar’s wife further disclosed that her husband had just returned to Minna, the Niger State capital, from a trip to Abuja when the gunmen, prowling in his compound, descended on him and strangled him.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Obioma has been facing challenges over plot to remove him from office as the NECO Registrar.
NECO is run by the Federal Government (FG).
Obioma, 67, was appointed the NECO Registrar by President Muhammadu Buhari barely a year ago on May 14, 2020.
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