Just In: Nigerian Ambassador In Qatar Is Dead

The Ambassador of Nigeria in Doha, Qatar, Amb. Abdullahi Wase is dead, a statement by the Ministry of foreign affairs disclosed Today.

The late envoy would be buried in Doha at 7.00pm (local time) today.

According to a statement in Abuja by The spokesman of Foreign Affairs, Tope Elias-Fatile,  the deceased ambassador was a non-career ambassador from Plateau State, had been sick for a while until his death on Friday night.

“The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, received the news of his death with shock and prayed that God grant his family and the nation the fortitude to bear the great loss,” the statement added.