The resident electoral commissioner for Kano State has died in a house
fire with his wife and two children.
Resident electoral commissioner Mukaila Abdullah presided over polls
last weekend, in which opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu
Buhari won overwhelming support in the northern state.
Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) also took all available seats
in the parliamentary vote held at the same time.
"It is true we lost our commissioner to a fire outbreak in his house,"
said Lawan Garba, spokesman for the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) in Kano.
"He died along with his wife and two children. We have conveyed the
bodies to his home town, Dutse (the capital of neighbouring Jigawa
state), where he will be buried after Friday prayers."
The fire broke out at Abdullah's house in the upmarket Nassarawa area of Kano.
Kano police spokesman Musa Magaji Majia said the fire broke out at
about 4:30 am (0330 GMT) in an air conditioning unit in the living
room.
Attempts were made to break inside the house and when police and
security guards managed to enter, the family was found unconscious on
the floor of the bathroom.
"They quickly removed them to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital,
where the doctor confirmed them dead ... from inhalation of hot and
black smoke," Majia said.
fire with his wife and two children.
Resident electoral commissioner Mukaila Abdullah presided over polls
last weekend, in which opposition presidential candidate Muhammadu
Buhari won overwhelming support in the northern state.
Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) also took all available seats
in the parliamentary vote held at the same time.
"It is true we lost our commissioner to a fire outbreak in his house,"
said Lawan Garba, spokesman for the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) in Kano.
"He died along with his wife and two children. We have conveyed the
bodies to his home town, Dutse (the capital of neighbouring Jigawa
state), where he will be buried after Friday prayers."
The fire broke out at Abdullah's house in the upmarket Nassarawa area of Kano.
Kano police spokesman Musa Magaji Majia said the fire broke out at
about 4:30 am (0330 GMT) in an air conditioning unit in the living
room.
Attempts were made to break inside the house and when police and
security guards managed to enter, the family was found unconscious on
the floor of the bathroom.
"They quickly removed them to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital,
where the doctor confirmed them dead ... from inhalation of hot and
black smoke," Majia said.
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