Abdullahi Abacha, the second to the last son of the late Nigerian military ruler, Sani Abacha, has died, aged 36.
Family sources said Mr Abacha died peacefully in his sleep at the family’s Nelson Mandela Street residence, Abuja.
Cause of death is not yet public, but his elder sister, Gumsu, who broke the news said Abdullahi died in the early hours of Saturday.
Said Gumsu in a tweet: “Innalillahi wa inna ilaihi raji’un. I lost my younger brother Abdullahi Sani Abacha.
“May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant him jannatul firdous, Ameen. Please, include him in your prayers.”
This is the second Abacha’s sons to die. The first died in a plane crash when his father was Nigeria’s Head of State.
