APC member-elect Clark is dead

Mr Nuhu Clark, a member-elect for the Chibok constituency in the Borno House of Assembly is dead.

He is reported to have died in India while undergoing treatment for an undisclosed ailment on Monday, April 10.

The news of his demise was revealed by Babakura Abbajatau, the state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture in an interview with NAN on Wednesday, April 12 in Maiduguri.

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.