{"id":108810,"date":"2023-10-21T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=108810"},"modified":"2023-10-21T16:37:06","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T15:37:06","slug":"breaking-borno-confirms-mysterious-death-of-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-borno-confirms-mysterious-death-of-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Borno confirms mysterious death of Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Borno Government has confirmed the death of the State\u2019s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Ibrahim Idriss-Garba, who mysteriously died at around midnight on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Malam Isa Gusau, Gov. Babagana Zulum\u2019s spokesman, who confirmed the news in a statement released on Saturday, said that the Police had commenced urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.<\/p>\n<p>Gusau said that Zulum received the news with intense shock and profound grief, adding, \u201cThe governor mourns alongside the late commissioner\u2019s family, other loved ones, friends, associates, and members of the State Executive Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pointblanknews.com learnt that the state commissioner of police was at the house at which Idriss-Garba died, while the deceased corpse was transferred to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for autopsy.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe circumstances surrounding Idriss-Garba\u2019s death remain sketchy but the government suspects foul play, hence the investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The late Idriss Garba was the Governor\u2019s Special Adviser on Special Projects before he was elevated and appointed commissioner of RRR, at the commencement of Zulum\u2019s ongoing second term.<\/p>\n<p>Idriss-Garba, an engineer by profession, was very close to Governor Zulum and a trusted political ally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBesides, he was a very hardworking gentleman and that was why he was placed in charge of the consequential Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement ministry, popularly called the \u2018RRR Ministry\u2019 which is charged with the responsibility of delivering the governor\u2019s signature projects in Borno State,\u201d a source who pleaded anonymity volunteered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Borno Government has confirmed the death of the State\u2019s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (RRR), Ibrahim Idriss-Garba, who mysteriously died at around midnight on Friday. 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