Police commence investigation as Borno commissioner di£s two months after swearing-in

Police operatives in Borno State have commenced investigation into the d£ath of Ibrahim Idriss Garba, the state Commissioner of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Resettlement in the state, who di£d two months after being sworn into office.

The Commissioner was reported to have di£d in his home in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Malam Isa Gusau, Gov. Babagana Zulum’s spokesman, in a statement on Saturday, October 21, said that the Police had commenced an urgent investigation into the circumstances surrounding his d£ath.

“The Borno State police command has commenced urgent investigation into the d£ath 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 di£d 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 reads in part.

This comes a month after the Commissioner was inj¥red in an accident involving the convoy of the Governor while returning from a working tour of Southern Borno in September.