A senior Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) official has been murdered in a shocking incident in Mombasa County.

The 48-year-old Aisha Akinyi Abubakar lost her life in a robbery incident after thugs broke into her home in Utange at 3am on Sunday, January 5.

The assailants are reported to have attacked her after breaking into her house through a kitchen window.

Police reports stated that two suspected robbers broke into Abubakar's house in the wee hours and used a knife to attack her and 18-year-old Khasim Hassan.