Immigration officer dies while presenting a paper in Niger State

It was a shocker on Monday when an Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Abdulrazak Umaru Ruma, slumped and died while presenting a paper at a Stakeholders’ Consultative Forum organised by the Federal Ministry of Police Affairs in Minna, Niger State.

Our Correspondent gathered that Ruma was healthy when he arrived the Justice Legbo Kutigi Conference Centre to represent his boss, the State Comptroller of Immigration, and that he slumped few minutes into the presentation of the paper.
He was rushed to the Minna General Hospital where a doctor confirmed him dead.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Niger State Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police Richard Oguche, while confirming the incident, said Ruma was asthmatic.
Oguche said: “The preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased had a case of high blood pressure and he is an asthmatic patient.
“The Immigration Officer slumped while he was delivering his paper.
“We rushed him to hospital where he was confirmed dead.”
Oguche added that the State Police Command was pained by the loss of the officer while in active service and prayed God to grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
He also commiserated with the officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service, particularly those of the Niger State Command, over the sudden death of Ruma.