Unknown Gunmen Kill NECO Registrar, Prof Obioma

By Izunna Okafor

Registrar of the National Examination Council, (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma has been killed by unknown gunmen.

According to eyewitness accounts, the assailants broke into his home on Monday night, strangling him in what his wife suspected to be an assassination.

Weeping, Mrs Elizabeth Obioma said her husband had just returned to Minna from a trip to Abuja when the armed men, lurking in his compound, descended on him and strangled him.

“The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,” she revealed.

Prof. Obioma, 67, was appointed head of NECO on May 14, 2020. He hailed from Abia state, South-East, Nigeria.

The incident came a day after Ahmed Gulak, an APC chieftain was killed by gunmen in Owerri, Imo State.

As at the time of filing this report, the state's Police Relations Officer  has not confirmed the incident.