The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the death of the Ambassador of Nigeria in Doha, Qatar, Amb. Abdullahi Wase is dead.

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.

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