Demola Seriki, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain and a chieftain of Lagos chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC is dead.
Seriki died in Madrid, Spain in the early hours of Thursday,December 15th, 2022 at age 63.
His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday.
It was not known if the 63-year-old former minister of defence was battling any ailment before his death.
The statement read:
“It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude to Almighty Allah that we announce the loss of our much-loved and admired patriarch, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, His Excellency, Ambassador Demola Seriki, on December 15, 2022.
“He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Madrid, Spain,” the notice said.
Born on November 30, 1959, he was a politician, teacher, businessman, and public administrator.
He served until his death as the Nigerian ambassador to Spain, a position he assumed in January 2021, with concurrent accreditation as a permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.
He previously served as Nigeria’s Minister of State for Defence on the platform of the then ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
He, however, defected to the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN one of the parties which formed the ruling APC after losing the governorship ticket of the party for 2011 general election in Lagos.
