The Commissioner for Finance in Borno State, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, is dead. He was found dead inside his room on Monday morning.

His room was said to have been broken into by persons who noticed that the commissioner had exceeded his routine wake-up time and was not available to do his early morning chores which he religiously kept to over time.

Borno State Government wishes to announce the death of Ahmed Ali Ahmed, the State Commissioner of Finance.

The statement from the Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar, in Maiduguri confirmed his death, adding that the burial is slated for 5:00 p.m. Monday at the family house of the late commissioner in Damboa Road behind Indimi’s residence.

This makes it the second cabinet member of Governor Babagana Zulum’s government to have died within one year.