The newly appointed Borno Commissioner of Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, and Resettlement, Engr. Ibrahim Idris Garba, has passed away.

He died at his guest house in the 777 Housing Estate shortly after being admitted to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

According to the spokesman for the Borno State governor, Malam Isa, the cause of Engr. Garba’s death is yet to be ascertained, and he added that the police have commenced an urgent investigation into the incident.