JUST IN: Newly appointed Borno Commissioner dies, Police launch probe

• The Commissioner died on Saturday morning at his Guest House in 777 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the State capital
• He was suspected to have died from a heart related ailment, while others said, he was poisoned

Borno State newly-appointed Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Engr. Ibrahim Idris, is dead.

The Commissioner died on Saturday morning at his Guest House in 777 Housing Estate in Maiduguri, the State capital.

He was suspected to have died from a heart related ailment, while others said, he was poisoned.

Meanwhile, the Borno State Police Command has commenced “urgent investigation” into the death of the Commissioner.

This was disclosed by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement issued to journalists on Saturday.

Gusau noted that the State Commissioner of Police had visited the house at which Engr. Garba died in Maiduguri on Saturday.

“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 governor’s spokesman stated.