The Commissioner for Finance in Borno State, Ahmed Ali Ahmed, is dead.

Details of his death are still sketchy, but sources familiar with the incident told our correspondent that the commissioner died inside his room on Monday morning.

The deceased was said to have exceeded the time he usually came out in the morning.

His door was then forced open where his corpse was found.

“Oga is no more, he died early this morning,” one of the sources said.

The Borno State Government has confirmed the development.

A statement from the Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Professor Usman Tar, in Maiduguri indicates that the burial is slated for 5:00 p.m. today at the family house of the late commissioner on Damboa Road, behind Indimi’s residence.

With the finance commissioner’s passage, Governor Babagana Zulum has lost two of his cabinet members within one year. (Daily Trust, excluding headline)