Breaking: Former Nigerian ambassador to Greece and Australia, Oludare Agbi, is dead

Breaking: Former Nigerian ambassador to Greece and Australia, Oludare Agbi, is dead

Nigeria's former Ambassador to Greece and Australia, Professor Oludare Agbi, is dead. He was 73 years old.

In a report by Sahara Reporters, Agbi, who is also the Asiwaju of Akure Kingdom, died in the early hours of Wednesday, October 10, following a battle with an undisclosed illness.

The death of the chairman, Elders Council of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state was confirmed by a family source who refused to give details.

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"Yes, Baba (Prof. Olu Agbi) is dead, but the family will issue a statement concerning his death soon," he said.

Legit.ng, previously reported that the ambassador of Nigeria in Doha, Qatar, Amb. Abdullahi Wase is dead.

It was reported that a statement in Abuja on Saturday, September 15, by 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, September 14.

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The late envoy would be buried in Doha at 7pm (local time).

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