 The director, Human Resources of the National Examinations Council, Neco Abdul Mustafa, has debunked the news that Neco boss was assassinated by some unknown gunmen. Mustafa shared the message from the late professor's family that clarified that a former Neco registrar died in his sleep as a result of heart failure. Online reports had said that gunmen suspected to be assassins killed the registrar on Monday night in Mina, the Niger state capital. The reports quoted the deceased widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Obyoma, as saying the assassins came in, killed him and left without taking anything.