Police Narrates how Kano state INEC Resident Officer died in a fire incident with his families

Kano state Police Commissioner, Mr Ibrahim Idris has
narrated how Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi, the Kano state
INEC resident officer, his wife & 2 daughters were killed
in a fire incident at the family's home this morning.
Speaking with newsmen this afternoon, CP Ibrahim Idris
said preliminary investigation carried out by the police
suggests that the fire might have been as a be as a
result of an electrical fault. He ruled out foul play. What
he said after the cut...
"Yesterday (Friday) at about 4:30 a.m., the police men on
guard duty at the official residence of the Resident
Electoral Commissioner Kano state, Alhaji Munkaila
Abdullahi located at No. 2 Sir Kashim Ibrahim Road,
Nassarawa GRA, Kano, observed a fire emanating from
split A/C in the sitting room. They made several attempt
to get in touch with him including banging the doors and
breaking some of the toilets windows but he was not
responding. The police men and local guards broke the
door leading to the sitting room, and discovered the
sitting room was engulfed by fire and smoke.
They then went to the side of the door leading to the
masters bedroom, broke the door and entered; they
were not inside the bed room and the Police then went
to the bathroom, inside the master bedroom and found
the REC, his wife and his two daughters unconscious on
the floor. They quickly removed them to Murtala
Mohammed Specialist Hospital where the Doctor
confirmed them dead. The Doctor confirmed the family
died from inhalation of hot and black smoke.
Meanwhile, the detectives attached to SCID sealed the
scene and together with the fire service men have
commenced thorough investigation into the fire
incident,” he said

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