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