ABUJA-(MaraviPost)-The Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Nigeria Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji has died in his sleep in the wee hours of Tuesday.
The Saudi Arabia Embassy in Abuja has confirmed the ambassador’s death in a press statement.
“With the deepest sense of sadness and complete submission to the will of Allah, the Royal Embassy announces the passing away of His Excellency, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Nigeria, Adnan Mahmoud Bostaji.
“May his blessed soul rest in peace, amen!” reads part of statement issued by Saudi Arabian Embassy.
As reported by city people magazine, Bostaji was said to have returned to Abuja from his home country on Sunday evening and was planning to come to the office on Tuesday when his domestic workers found him in bed unresponsive
The ambassador started his career by joining the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and was later appointed as deputy to the ambassador at the Saudi Embassy in Tehran from 1991 until 1998.
He also worked at the administration of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 until 2000.
In 2000, he was appointed as chargé d’affaires at the Saudi Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark, until 2003.
He then worked as head of economic affairs and international organizations at the Saudi Embassy in London from 2003 until 2005. He also joined the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Makkah as director from 2003 until 2016.
Before his appointment as a Saudi ambassador to Nigeria, Bostaji served as deputy to the ambassador at the Saudi Embassy in Berlin in 2016.
