Police commence investigation into death of Borno Commissioner

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, has confirmed that Borno State Police Command has commenced an urgent investigation into the death of the state’s commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Engr Ibrahim Idriss Garba.

The state commissioner of police was at the house at which Engr Ibrahim died in Maiduguri on Saturday, the Governor’s spokesperson added. 

Governor Zulum, in reaction to the news of the Commissioner’s death, expressed his sadness and condolences to the 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 RRR commissioner at the commencement of Zulum’s ongoing second term. 

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