Borno commissioner dies after surviving accident in gov’s Convoy

The Borno State Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, Engr Ibrahim Idriss Garba, has been confirmed dead.

It was gathered that the commissioner, who survived an accident while on Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum’s convoy during a week tour in the state about a month ago, died at his residence in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Friday night.

The governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau,  confirmed Garba’s death on Saturday, October 21, 2023.

Gusau, in a statement, said: “Governor Babagana Umara Zulum received the news with intense shock and profound grief.

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“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 Star