Kano state INEC resident officer, wife and children die in mysterious fire in their home

The Kano Resident Electoral Commissioner, Alhaji Abdullahi Minkaila, his wife and two children were burnt to death in a mysterious fire outbreak at their home last night April 2nd.

Alhaji Minkaila who supervised last Saturday's presidential and national assembly elections in Kano and his family members were rushed to the Murtala Mohammed specialist hospital where they gave up the ghost this morning. Residents in the area described the fire as mysterious. The spokesman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Mallam Garba has confirmed the incident.