The Borno State Head of Service, Alhaji Abba Ashigar, is dead.
Ashigar, according to available information, died in his sleep at his Maiduguri, Borno State residence on Monday.
In a statement, the Chief of Staff to Governor Kashim Shettima, Allhaji Abubakar Kyari, said Ashigar, 59, was hale and hearty before he went to bed on Sunday night.
The statement said: “He was full of life on Sunday when we saw him in the evening; we were shocked to hear that he was dead this morning.”