From Agaju Madugba, Katsina
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Umaru Radda, has expressed deep sadness and grief over the death of Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Morocco.
Bamalli passed on last Friday at a private hospital in Lagos while on transit to Morocco.
He was also the Magajin Garin Zazzau and younger brother to the Emir of Zazzau.
He is survived by a wife and two children.
Describing the deceased as a seasoned diplomat, Radda in a statement by his spokesperson, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed, said that the late Nigerian envoy was deeply grounded in the art of foreign diplomacy which he deployed to enhance the bilateral ties between Nigeria and Morocco.
According to the statement, Ambassador Bamalli’s trademark humility, tenderness and simplicity, shrouded his affiliation to an influential royal lineage and vast educational background.
“The late Nigerian envoy was a paragon of humility and simplicity.
“He was equally a royal personage who was dedicated to empowering the downtrodden across the Zazzau Emirate.
“Ambassador Mansur Bamalli was a first class diplomat committed to enhancing Nigeria’s image on the global stage, especially in Morocco where he represented the country prior to his demise.”
Radda, while urging the Emir of Zazzau, along with the people and government of Kaduna State to take solace in the reality that the late Nigerian ambassador lived a fulfilled life, beseeched Allah (S.W.T) to grant the deceased eternal rest in His abode of Jannatul Firdaus.