Nigerian diplomat found dead at his home in Sudan
ANIGERIAN diplomat was found dead yesterday at his home in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, security sources said. They said the police were investigating the incident but provided no details on how he died.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed the death of the Nigerian Immigration Attache, and identified him as Habibu Almu, at the Nigerian Mission in Khartoum, Sudan. Spokesperson of the ministry, Tope Elias-fatile, confirmed the report in a message yesterday in Abuja.
“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 and detailed report from the Mission after which a statement would be issued,” Elias-fatile said.
According to a student in Sudan, Kabeer Omarr Ibraheem, “the deceased was such a great man, very humble and kind, he came to our school in January this year accompanying Senator Kwankwaso as the Senator was visiting his students in Elrazi University, Khartoum. RIP Malam Habib.” 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.”
Dubai-based al-arabiya television identified the diplomat as the consul general and described his death as an “assassination.” Reports on social media suggested that the killers used a knife in the attack.
Though intermittent violence is common in Sudan’s warring southern and western regions, violence in the capital is rare.
Sudan’s President Omar al-bashir has, in recent months, shaken up the security establishment, replacing the heads of the army and intelligence service in February. They said he had apparently been killed and that an investigation was underway.