{"id":2615,"date":"2019-01-16T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=2615"},"modified":"2019-01-16T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T18:56:10","slug":"nigerias-ambassador-to-cote-divoire-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/nigerias-ambassador-to-cote-divoire-dies","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s ambassador to Cote d\u2019Ivoire dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Nigeria\u2019s Ambassador to Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Amb. Ibrahim Isah, has died, Foreign Affairs Ministry officials, have confirmed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sources from the Nigerian Embassy at Deux Plateau, Abidjan, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Isah, aged 60, died at 7p.m. on Tuesday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The sources said he slumped and died at the Polyclinique Internationale Sainte Anne-Marie (PISAM) where he had gone to see his doctors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The Interim Chairman of Nigerian Community in Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Mr Musudi Akanfe, told NAN that the entire embassy had been thrown into mourning over the death.<\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe are already in a mourning mood, we received this sad news with rude shock, we pray God to console the family and the Nigerian community,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div>Speaking to NAN by telephone, the former President, Nigerian Youths in Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Mr Bright Moses, described the death as `shocking and painful\u2019.<\/div>\n<div>\u201c He was a very lively and proactive diplomat, he listened to the plight of the Nigerian people in this country, this is very shocking,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/div>\n<div>Isah, born in 1959 in Niger, held a bachelor\u2019s degree in International Studies from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and a Master\u2019s degree in International Law and Diplomacy from the University of Lagos.<\/div>\n<div>He joined the Foreign Service in 1983 and was posted to Cote D\u2019Ivoire in 2017.<\/div>\n<div>He served in different capacities in the ministry before his death. 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