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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.” Many media organisations had reported Obioma.The Advocate
The Niger State Police Command has described as untrue claims that the Registrar of the National Examination Council, Prof. Godswill Onion was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Minna.
The organization said his family had formally announced that he passed on after a brief illness at the National Hospital in Abuja.
The Spokesperson of the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, made the clarification in a statement with Ref. No: AZ:5250/NGS/PPRO/VOL.20/117 on Tuesday.
He said, “The attention of Niger State Police Command has been drawn to a publication circulating in some section of social media and national dailies that NECO Registrar, Prof. Godswill Obioma was murdered by unknown gunmen in Minna. This story is totally false, untrue and a pure piece of fake news.
By Laleye Dipo
The Police and the National Examination Council NECO Headquarters in Minna Niger state have attributed the death of the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examination Council Professor Godswill Obioma to brief illness.
In different statements the examination body and the police said the family corroborated their positions that Obioma died after a brief illness.
NECO’s statement on the issue was signed by its Head of Information and Public Relations Mr Azeez Sani while the Niger State Command Public Relations Officer DSP Wasiu Abiodun signed that of the police.
“The attention of Niger State Police Command has been drawn to a publication circulating in some section of social media and national dailies (Not THISDAY) that NECO Registrar Prof. Godswill Obioma was murdered by unknown gunmen in Minna. This story is totally false, untrue and a pure piece of fake news