Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Bostaji is dead.

The late Saudi Arabia Ambassador died in his sleep in the early hours of Tuesday.

The late Bostji was said to have returned from the Kingdom to Nigeria on Sunday evening and was planning to come to office on Tuesday when they found him dead in his sleep.

“We are right now in the hospital from where we are making arrangement to fly his remain to Saudi Arabia,” a source said.

A statement from the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Abuja said: With the deepest sense of sadness and complete submission to the will of Allah, Royal Embassy announces the passing away of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji. May his blessed soul rest in peace.”

The Nation