Nigeria, July 30 -- Former Nigerian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Sardaunan Sokoto, Abubakar Alhaji, is dead.

The elder statesman died on Thursday morning at Alliance Hospital, Abuja, where he had been receiving treatment for several weeks after being transferred from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto.

The Ya'u Dogon-Daji, who is also a relative of the deceased, confirmed the development to Daily Trust, saying that the deceased had been ill for almost a month before his last moment.

Mr Dogon-Daji said the deceased was first admitted at Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) in Sokoto before he was transferred to Alliance Hospital in Abuja, where he eventually died.

He confirm...