Borno assembly member-elect from Chibok is dead

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased died in India on Monday, while undergoing treatment.

Babakura Abbajatau, The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, confirmed the development in an interview with NAN in Maiduguri on Wednesday.

Abbajatau said that the state government would soon make an official statement after speaking with the family of the deceased.