The Special Assistant to Borno State Governor on Media and Strategy, Mallam Isa Gusau, is dead.
Sources close to the deceased said he died on Thursday evening in an Indian hospital where he’s undergoing treatment.
A close family source confirmed the death saying he left behind two wives and three children.
His body is expected from India to Abuja where family members and close associates would receive him for burial according Islamic rites.
His colleagues have described him as a hardworking official who took the challenge of redeeming the image of Borno State throughout the insurgency period.
Isa was a former reporter with the Daily Trust Newspapers in Borno State before Vice President Kashim Shettima appointed him as a media aide while serving as the governor of the state.