INEC Commissioner dies under mysterious death.

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The Resident Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Kano, Mikaila Abdulahi, has died under mysterious circumstances.

He oversaw last Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections in the state.

The neighbour said, his  wife and two daughters were also killed in the incident.

The spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, Magaji Majiya, confirmed the incident.
Mr. Majiya, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, said the INEC commissioner and his family died as they were finding escape route.

He said they tried to get out of the window but they were prevented by the burglary proof.

He said further that they suspected that a spark in the family's generator may have caused the fire today at about 4a.m. That the fire then spread to the other parts of the building.

The police spokesperson said, the INEC Commissioner and his family were rushed to the hospital, where the were confirmed dead.

Mr. Majiya said the State Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Idris, and the Deputy Police Commissioner in-charge of Criminal Investigation Department, arrived the scene almost on time.

While the police awaited the result of an autopsy on the remains of Mr. Abdullahi and his family, the spokesperson for the Kano State office of INEC, Garba Muhammed, said the bodies of the victims were already being conveyed to his native Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, for burial, in line with Islamic tradition.

The neighbours wondered how a spark from generator would encompass the whole building and kill the residents in no time.
Culled from nigerianeye.