A Nigerian Immigration attache at the Nigerian Mission in Khartoum, Sudan, Habibu Almu, is dead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed yesterday.
Ministry spokesman Tope Elias-Fatile said: “The Ministry has received the sad news of the untimely death of the Immigration Attache in our Mission in Khartoum, Sudan.
“We are awaiting further and detailed report from the Mission after which a statement would be issued.”
Dubai-based al-Arabiya television described his death as an “assassination”.
Reports on social media suggested the killers used a knife in the attack.
Though intermittent violence is common in the country’s warring southern and western regions, violence in the capital is rare.
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has in recent months shaken up the security establishment, replacing the heads of the army and intelligence service in February.