Mallam Isa Gusau, the spokesman for Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has died on Thursday.
Gusau, a former Daily Trust journalist, who was also the spokesman for the present Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, when he was the governor of Borno State, has been on admission at an Indian hospital for over a month now.
He passed on in a specialist hospital in New Delhi, India after a protracted illness, according to a source who preferred anonymity.
The source said, “We have lost Isa to the cold hands of death; he was unconscious for about three days. We were all praying for his recovery, but it was quite unfortunate that we lost him this evening in the hospital in New Delhi, India.”
Gusau was said to be actively involved in the publicity for the governor right from his sick bed in India, issuing statements to promote his boss.
Mr Gusau had previously obtained a Bachelor’s Degree with the highest classification of First-Class in Media, Public Relations and Advertising from Middlesex University in London.
He held another Masters’ Degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Labour and Public Relations from the University of Maiduguri.
He also held OND and HND in Mass Communication from the Kaduna Polytechnic where he had hit 4.35 out of 5.0 in his final semester examinations.
