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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Nigeria’s ambassador to Morocco, Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, is dead.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Media and Publicity officer of the Zazzau Emirate Council on Friday.
According to the statement, the 42-year old died at a private Hospital in Lagos while on transit to Morocco.
The statement added that the funeral prayers will be announced later.
Bamalli was the Magajin Garin Zazzau and younger brother to the incumbent Emir of Zazzau, Amb. Nuhu Bamalli.
He is survived by a wife and two children.
Recall that former President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed the deceased to the ambassadorial position in 2022.