The Nigeria ambassador to Qatar, Abdullah Wase has died on Friday.
Daily Trust reports that a statement in Abuja on Saturday, September 15, by the spokesman, ministry of foreign affairs, Tope Elias-Fatile, said Wase, a non-career ambassador from Plateau state, had been sick for a while until his death on Friday night, September 14.
It was gathered that the late envoy would be buried in Doha at 7.00pm (local time) today.
“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.