The Borno State Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement (RRR), Ibrahim Garba, was found dead Saturday in his guest house located in the 777 housing estate in Maiduguri.
His body was found alongside a yet-to-be-identified woman who was discovered unconscious and later died at the hospital, where she was rushed for treatment.
The corpses of the two are currently at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, waiting for an autopsy to ascertain the cause of their death.
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The Borno State Government has confirmed the commissioner’s death. The governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, issued a statement that expressed the Governor‘s shock and grief.
Governor Babagana Umara Zulum “received the news with intense shock and profound grief,” Mr Gusau said.
He further noted, “The Governor mourns alongside the late commissioner’s family, other loved ones, friends, associates, and members of the state executive council.”
Mr Gusau also confirmed that the Borno State police command has begun an immediate investigation into Mr Garba’s death. He added that the state police commissioner had visited the house in Maiduguri where Mr Garba was found.
The spokesperson did not disclose the identity of the dead woman, just as the statement did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding the commissioner’s death but offered prayers for his forgiveness and peaceful rest for departed souls.
The incident was further confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Borno State Command, Kaminu Shatambaya.
However, Mr Shatambaya did not provide details about the incident or the identity of the woman.
“It was a tragic loss but for now, we are all at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital waiting for the autopsy result before any official statement from the police can be issued,” he commented.
Mr Garba, a key figure in Governor Zulum’s administration, was previously the Special Adviser on Special Projects before he was appointed commissioner of RRR at the start of Mr Zulum’s second term.
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