Waziri Imam, a Borno State commissioner is dead

Borno State Commissioner for Environment, Waziri Imam died on Wednesday morning (today) after a brief illness.

The former commissioner reportedly died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.

He was the younger brother of Kashim Imam, a two-time governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but now a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).

Relatives and friends trooped to the home of the deceased politician behind the Maiduguri Government House on Wednesday morning.

 

 

 

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