The former Chief Registrar of Borno Cooperatives Society, Mallam Garba Abubakar, his wife and two other females suspected to be family members have died in a fire incident, News About Nigeria reports.
It was gathered that the unfortunate incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, 18th August 2024.
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, stated that the fire erupted in their compound in the Damboa Road general area of the Maiduguri metropolis.
According to the source, Garba Abubakar, popularly known as Gabson, was reported to have died in the early hours of yesterday with his wife and two other female members of the family in a domestic fire suspected to have been caused by a power surge from the public power source.
The source also described the deceased as a very humble and down-to-earth person, adding that they have been buried in Maiduguri.
Gabson was said to have retired as a Chief Registrar of Cooperative Societies with the Borno State Government and later worked with a private borehole drilling company.
The source said, “The deceased retired as a Chief Registrar of Cooperative Societies with the Borno State Government and later worked with a private borehole drilling company.
“Not long ago, we spoke extensively on contemporary issues, and I assured him that I would visit him in his new house whenever I happened to be in Maiduguri. Not knowing that was the last time I would hear his voice.
“A very humble and down-to-earth personality is gone along with cherished members of his immediate family. They had since been buried in Maiduguri today. May Allah (swt) admit them into Aljannah Firdausih.”
