Kenya’s high commissioner to Nigeria, Wilfred Machage, is dead.
Machage slumped in his residence in Abuja on Saturday, February 19, 2022, and was rushed to the hospital.
Kenya’s ministry of foreign affairs confirmed his death in a statement.
The statement reads: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs regrets to announce the sudden death of Hon Dr. Ambassador Wilfred Machage, Kenya High Commissioner to Nigeria, which occurred today.
“Ambassador Machage collapsed at his home and was pronounced dead at the hospital shortly after at around 12.30 pm, Saturday afternoon, in Abuja, Nigeria.”
His wife was present with him at his residence when he collapsed.
In January 2018, Machage was appointed high commissioner to Nigeria.
