Kano INEC Commissioner, family die in mysterious fire incident

The Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner,
Alhaji Abdullahi Minkaila has been killed in a
mysterious fire outbreak.
The deceased was burnt along with his wife, Zulaiha
and two children, Aisha and Asmau, in an inferno
when his residence was engulfed by fire early Friday
morning.
The late Minkaila and his family were rushed to the
Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital where they
gave up the ghost Friday morning.
Spokesman of the Independent Electoral
Commission, Mallam Garba confirmed the incident.
He said the bodies of the victims were already being
conveyed to the late Commissioner’s native Dutse in
Jigawa, for burial, in line with Islamic tradition.
Similarly, the Public Relations Officer of the Kano
State Police Command, Magaji Majiya, confirmed the
sad incident.