POLICE DISCLOSE HOW KANO COMMISSIONER AND HIS FAMILY DIED

It was previously said that the incident had occurred on April 2, Thursday, as the house of the official was engulfed by fire.

However, Ibrahim Idris, the state Commissioner of Police, disclosed that the fire started around 4:00am on Friday adding that the victims died because of inhaling smoke.See the police report, as provided by The Punch:

“Today (Friday) at about 4:30 am., the policemen on duty at the official residence of the resident electoral commissioner in Kano state, Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi, located on No. 2 Sir Kashim Ibrahim Road, Nassarawa GRA, Kano, observed a fire emanating from a split air conditioner in the sitting room.

They made several attempts to contact the late REC, as well as repeatedly banging on the slide glass to no avail. As a last resort, the police smashed some of the toilet windows still without response. Thereafter, some policemen and local guards broke the door leading to the sitting room and discovered that the sitting room has already been engulfed by fire and smoke.

“They then went to the side of the door leading to the master’s bedroom, broke the door and entered; the REC and his family were not found inside the bedroom and the police then went to the bathroom, attached to the master bedroom and found the REC, his wife and his two daughters unconscious on the floor, with the late REC cuddling one of the daughters.

“They quickly rushed them to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, where the doctor confirmed them dead. The doctor said the family died from inhalation of hot and black smoke.

“Meanwhile, detectives have sealed off the scene and have commenced investigation with the fire service men to unravel the circumstances that led to the incident.”

Speaking on the incident, some neigbours, who pleaded for anonymity, said that the inferno was strange, alleging that the police should not believe the case an ordinary one.

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