Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has expressed shock over the death (presume suicide) of Mr John Antagav, a steward with the Borno Government House.

Shettima, in a statement by his spokesman, Mallam Isa Gusau said John Achagwa was supported by the governor to build a complete seven bedroom apartment and also given a car with which he has been driving to work.

The governor wondering what kind of depression could push John, who was generally known to live comfortably, resort to taking his own life.

WuzupNaija reports that Antagav’s body was found hanging on a tree at a garden of the Presidential Lodge at about 2:30 p.m.

“Governor Kashim Shettima is deeply shocked by the unfortunate incident especially given the fact that John who is in the mid-60s was publicly known to be one of the Governor’s favourites as he served important guests at the Presidential lodge for more than 30 years.

“When John retired from civil service, Governor Shettima had requested that he be retained as casual staff because of his good services and the confidence in him.

“The Governor even supported John with personal funds with which he used in completing his beautiful house at a good location like Polo in Maiduguri. John also had a car to himself and he lived very comfortably. He was known to be friendly.”

The spokesman said that “the governor has directed the Commissioner of Police to ensure thorough investigation including carrying out a post mortem on his corpse and digging questions everywhere to establish what pushed him to take his own life.”