Newly appointed Borno State Commissioner for Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement (RRR), Engr. Ibrahim Idriss Garba, is dead.
The Herald learnt that the Commissioner alongside a yet-to-be-identified woman died on Saturday morning, at his Guest House in 777 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the State capital. The corpse of the two are currently at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital where an autopsy is being conducted to ascertain the cause of their death.
Confirming the death, Governor Babagana Zulum through his spokesperson Malam Isa Gusau said the State Police Command has commenced an “urgent investigation” into the death of the Commissioner.
“Governor Babagana Umara Zulum received the news with intense shock and profound grief. The Governor mourns alongside the late commissioner’s family, other loved ones, friends, associates, and members of the State Executive Council.
“Late Engr Ibrahim Idriss Garba was the Governor’s Special Adviser on Special Projects before he was elevated and appointed commissioner of RRR at the commencement of Zulum’s ongoing second term.
“May Allah forgive the commissioner’s shortcomings and admit him into Aljanna,” the statement read in part.
The spokesperson was silent on the yet-to-be-identified woman. The statement did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding the commissioner’s death but offered prayers for his forgiveness and peaceful afterlife.
Further information about the incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Borno State Command, Kaminu Shatambaya. However, 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.