Earlier reports making the rounds is that Professor Godswill Obioma, the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, was assassinated by gunmen suspected of being assassins.
When hoodlums raided Obioma’s Minna residence in the Niger State capital on Monday night, he was slain.
However, Abdul Mustapha, the NECO’s Director of Human Resources, has debunked this while confirming his boss’s death, saying he died in his sleep as a result of heart failure.
Mr Mustapha forwarded communication from Obioma’s second son, Prince Godswill Obioma, informing him of the death of his father thus:
“Mustapha K. Abdul (Director Human Resource Management, NECO),
“Dear Sir, this is to formally inform you that my father, Prof. Godswill Obioma, the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO passed to eternal glory yesterday 31/5/2021 after a brief illness.
“We request that you kindly notify the Board, Management and the entire staff of the Council of this development.
“We shall keep you duly informed.
“Prince Godswill Obioma the 2nd, for the family.”
In May 2020, the 67-year-old Abia State native was named NECO Registrar.