NECO Registrar passed away after brief Illness – Police, NECO

02 Jun NECO Registrar passed away after brief Illness – Police, NECO

Niger Police Command has debunked reports Registrar of National Examination Council (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma was assassinated by gunmen in Minna.

The Police, in a statement by its spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said the reports are “totally false, untrue and a pure piece of fake news.”

Also, NECO, in a circular on Tuesday by its Director of Human Resource Management, Mustapha Abdul to Directors, Zonal Coordinators, Liason Officers, State Officers and all staff, corroborated that Obioma died after a brief illness.

The Circular titled: “Death of NECO Registrar/Chief Executive” explained the Registrar died on Monday after a brief illness.

“I am directed to inform all staff of the Council of the death of Prof. Godswill

Obioma, Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council (NECO), who according to family sources, died yesterday 31st May 2021 after a brief illness.