The Federal Government on Friday strongly condemned the assassination of a Nigerian immigration attaché, Habibu Almu, at the Nigerian Mission in Khartoum, Sudan.
In a statement by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tope Elias-Fatile, on Friday, the federal government described the killing as “unfortunate”.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received an official report from our Mission in Khartoum, Sudan on the death of the Immigration Attaché I in the Mission, Mr. Habibu Almu.
“He was killed in his official quarters on Thursday. This, indeed, sad news.
“The untimely death of the officer is certainly a great loss to our country.
“The Federal Government sympathizes with the family members of the deceased on this unfortunate incident,” he said.
He said the mission was working very closely with host authorities in their investigations over the incident. He added that the would do everything possible to ensure that those behind the act are made to face the full wrath of the law
