The Borno State Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement, RRR, Ibrahim Garba and an unidentified woman were found dead on Saturday in his guest house located in the 777 Housing Estate, Maiduguri.
It was gathered that his body was found alongside an unidentified woman who was discovered unconscious but later died at the hospital where she had been taken for treatment.
The corpses 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.
The Borno State Government has confirmed the commissioner’s death.
The Governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, issued a terse statement expressing the shock and grief.
He said: “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”.
Gusau also confirmed that the State police command has began an immediate investigation into Mr Garba’s death, adding that the State police commissioner had visited the house in Maiduguri where Mr Garba was found dead.
The spokesperson was silent on the yet-to-be-identified woman and did not provide details on the circumstances surrounding the commissioner’s death, he offered prayers for his forgiveness and peaceful afterlife.
Further information about the incident was confirmed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Kaminu Shatambaya.
However, Mr Shatambaya did not also 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 beginning of Mr Zulum’s second term.
