Borno Dep. Gov. dies in his sleep

Deputy Governor of Borno State, Zannah Umar Mustapha, died this morning in Yola, Adamawa State, where he had gone to represent the State Government at the convocation ceremony of Modibbo Adama University of Science and Technology, Yola.
He reportedly went to bed Friday night but did not come out for breakfast around 7.30am on Saturday, which he was to have with his Adamawa State counterpart, Martin Babale.
The door of the room where he slept was reportedly forced open around 9am when his aides had not seen him and his lifeless body was discovered.

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Sources said they waited for him for a while and called him on the phone, but he did not respond, and that was when everybody became worried.

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