Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mikhail Abdullahi
The Kano State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Mikhail Abdullahi, his wife and two children have died in a fire outbreak.
According to the police, the fire occurred around 4:00am on Friday.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr.
Ibrahim Idris, told journalists that the victims died as a result of
suffocation after inhaling smoke emitted from the hose of a split air
conditioner at the Master’s Bedroom.
The fire was said to have occurred as a result of a spark in the family’s generator.
While giving a graphic account of the
incident, Idris said, “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.”
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