The remains of Malam Isa Umar Gusau has been interred at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja
This happened on Sunday.
Gusau, aged 47, who had served as special adviser on public relations and strategy to a former governor of Borno State, now Vice President Kashim Shettima and the incumbent governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, died on Thursday evening at a hospital in India after a protracted illness.
The deceased is survived by two wives, three children, and many brothers and sisters.
The governor, who was accompanied by Vice President Shettima, personally conveyed the remains of Gusau from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport to the National Mosque in Abuja where the funeral prayer was observed.
Senators representing Borno Central, Bar Kaka Shehu Lawan, Borno North, Barr. Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, members of the House of Representatives from Borno, Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Bukar Tijjani, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kolo Kyari, and former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Ibrahim Isa Pantami, were among those who attended his burial.
Meanwhile, in a message after the funeral prayers, Zulum said the death of Malam Gusau, which he described as a sad moment, has thrown the entire Borno State into grief.
Governor Zulum also expressed gratitude to all those that have attended his funeral, sent messages of condolence and prayed for the soul of the deceased.
“Inna lillahi wa Inna ilaihi raji’un, it’s a very sad moment, indeed every soul shall taste death. May Almighty Allah admit him into Jannatul Firdaus. The demise of Alhaji Isa Gusau has created a very big vacuum in the annals of Borno State, the entire people of Borno State are in grief and we pray for Almighty Allah to forgive him,” Zulum said.
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