The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, confirmed the death of a Nigerian Immigration attache, Habibu Almu, at the Nigerian Mission in Khartoum, Sudan
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tope Adeleye Elias-Fatile, confirmed the report in a WhatsApp message in Abuja
According to Fatile, “The Ministry has received the sad news of the untimely death of the Immigration Attache in our Mission in Khartoum, Sudan.
“We are awaiting further/detailed report from the Mission after which a statement would be issued,” Elias-Fatile said.
It would be recalled that Reuters, had reported that the police were investigating the incident, but provided no details on how he died.
It cited al-Arabiya television of Dubai to have identified the diplomat and described his death as an “assassination”.
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