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My Father Died After A Brief Illness, Was Neither Shot Nor Strangled – NECO Registrar’s Son
The son of Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examination Council (NECO), Professor Godswill Obioma, has said that his father was neither shot nor strangled by unknown gunmen as being reported in the media.
Prince Godswill Obioma II, refuted the media reports about his father’s death on behalf of the family in a statement on Tuesday.
The younger Obioma revealed that the NECO registrar died on Monday after a brief illness, contrary to the claims that he was killed.
Reports had emerged that gunmen suspected to be assassins killed the NECO registrar on Monday night when they stormed his residence in Minna, the Niger State capital.
His widow, Mrs Elizabeth Obioma, was alleged to have told reporters that the assailants killed her husband and left without taking anything.
Professor Obioma, a 67-year-old indigene of Abia State, assumed office as NECO Registrar on May 22, 2020.
He graduated from Alvan Ikoku College of Education in Owerri, Imo State in 1982 and proceeded to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State in 1979.
Years later after he got his second degree, he became a professor of Mathematics Education and Evaluation, University of Jos, in December 1991.
The late NECO boss left the classroom (lecture hall) in 1994 and has served as a member of several Federal Government Committees on Education, one of which he was the Chairman of the Federal Ministry of Education Roadmap for the Development of the Education Sector.
He also coordinated both the reforms of school curricula and the review of the National Policy on Education in Nigeria.
Professor Obioma served as the President of the UNESCO International Bureau of Education (IBE) Council from 2014 to 2016, having previously served as its Vice President representing the Africa region.
(This story, excluding headline contains information from Channels TV)
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