Former governor of Borno, Mohammed Goni is dead

A former governor of Borno State, Muhammed Goni, has passed away at the age of 78 on Wednesday after a brief illness.

Okay.ng gathered that the first civilian governor of the north-eastern state in Nigeria, who served during the second republic, between 1979 to 1983, died at a private hospital in the state.

No official statement has been made on Goni’s death as at the time of fling this report.

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