The father of a former governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, has died in a fire incident at his Maiduguri home.
Modu Sheriff, who died in the fire which raged early Thursday, was the Galadima of Borno Emirate.
The cause of the fire was not immediately unclear.
Special Adviser on Media to Borno State Governor, Isa Gusau, in a statement posted on Facebook described the death as a huge loss to the state.
“There is one lesson the wise must learn from the deaths, in one week, of Malam Abba Kyari and Galadima Modu Sheriff, both prominent personalities from Borno State,” he wrote.
“Kyari died from a plague, while Galadima died from a fire incident.
“We all know the many things often said about personalities because most of the time, we humans like to pass judgment on others. I am also not a saint in this.
“Now, as many of Muslims already know, deaths by plague (epidemic and pandemic) and by fires, are amongst the seven classifications of deaths by shahada (martyrdom), as taught from hadith of our noble Prophet.”
It was gathered the deceased will be buried around 4 pm on Thursday.
