Late Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, who died on Thursday, December 15, 2022.
According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, The ambassador’s death has left the government in shock.
Seriki reportedly died of cancer at the age of 63.
His death was announced in a statement issued earlier on Thursday by his family.
“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 the statement released on Thursday said.
He also had a concurrent accreditation as a Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO).
Shehu said “President Buhari sympathises with friends and professional colleagues of the nationalist, who distinguished himself in public service, working variously as Minister of State, Interior, Minister of State, Defence, Minister of State, Agriculture and Water Resources, and supervising Minister of Mines and Steel Development.
“President Buhari vividly recalls his meeting with the late Ambassador Seriki exuding his enterprising nature and patriotic zeal during his Official Visit to Madrid, Spain in June this year, a tour of duty where he succumbed to the fate of all mortals.”
Buhari urged the family members, friends and the diplomatic corps to reflect on the legacies the late ambassador left behind, especially in nation building.
“At this trying period of loss, pain and reflection, the President urges family members, the diplomatic corps, friends and relatives to approximate the legacies of the diplomat, especially in nation building.
“President Buhari prayed that the Almighty God will receive the soul of the departed.“
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