The Borno State Commissioner of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and Resettlement, Ibrahim Idriss Garba, has sadly passed away after serving in the role for just two months.
The Commissioner was reported to have passed away in his private guest house located at the 777 Housing Estate on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State.
Sources outside the government house informed that the Commissioner was rushed to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, where he was subsequently confirmed to have passed away.
Before his demise, the Commissioner had sustained injuries in an accident involving the Governor’s convoy while returning from a working tour of Southern Borno in September.
A statement, signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Strategy, Isah Gusau, indicated that the Borno State Police Command has initiated an urgent investigation to determine the cause of his death.
“The Borno State police command has commenced urgent investigation into the death of the state’s commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Engr Ibrahim Idriss Garba”, Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s spokesman said.
“The state commissioner of police was at the house at which Engr Ibrahim died in Maiduguri on Saturday.”
”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,” the statement concluded.