Ambassador Wilfred Machage
Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Machage, dies in Abuja
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the sudden death of Hon Dr. Ambassador Wilfred Machage, the Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria who is also accredited to 12 other countries in Central and Western Africa.
The death occurred in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
Ambassador Machage was reported said to have collapsed at his home and pronounced dead at the hospital shortly thereafter at around 12.30pm in Abuja.
The statement said the High Commissioner’s wife was with him when the unfortunate incident occurred.
Confirming the passing of Amb. Machage, the Principal Secretary/Ambassador Macharia Kamau said the Ministry, and the country had lost a dedicated and committed leader.
Ambassador Machage was appointed High Commissioner to Nigeria by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2018.
The late envoy has been in the centre of diplomatic engagements with Nigerian civil society and rights groups over the role played by his country in the controversial extradition of leader of pro-secession group in Nigeria, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu to Nigeria, last year.
While the country has consistently denied aiding the arrest and extradition of Kanu to Nigeria, it has now formally filed an affidavit before a court absolving itself of complicity in the circumstances leading to the extradition of Kanu to Nigeria, last year.
