The Commissioner for Finance in Borno State, Ahmed Ali Ahmed has been found dead in his room.

Channelstv reports that the commissioner was found dead after his door was forcefully opened on Monday morning.

Sources familiar with the matter said the commissioner’s room door was forced open after it was observed that his usual time of waking up had passed without any sign of him.

The state’s Commissioner of Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, confirmed Ahmed’s death in a statement.

Tar said the burial of the late commissioner would take place at his residence on Monday evening, according to Islamic rites.

Sworn in on August 10, 2024, Ahmed was before then the State Zonal Manager of Zenith Bank in Maiduguri.