By Nwafor Sunday

The Nigerian Ambassador to Doha, Qatar, Abdullahi Wase is dead.

Wase who is from Plateau state would be buried in Doha by 7.pm Nigeria time. Tope Elias-Fatile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman who confirmed the news said that Wase had been sick until his death.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, was shocked to hear the news and prayed that God grants his family and the nation the fortitude to bear the great loss.

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