Borno Assembly member-elect from Chibok, Clark is dead

Mr Nuhu Clark, a member-elect for the Chibok constituency in
the Borno House of Assembly, 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 deceased’s family.

While mourning the deceased, the Borno Deputy Governor, Umar
Kadafur, described the death as a massive loss to his immediate family, the
people of Southern Borno and the state at large.

Kadafur described the death as a great loss to the All
Progressives Congress (APC) given his outstanding contributions to the growth
and development of the state.

He commiserated with the immediate family of the late
politician and prayed to the Almighty God to give the family the fortitude to
bear the irreplaceable loss.

NAN reports that Clark was a former Commissioner for Poverty
Alleviation before resigning on April 25, 2022, to contest the Chibok State
Constituency election on the platform of APC.