JUST IN: Nigerian Ambassador, Demola Seriki is dead
By Trek Africa Newspaper
late Amb. Demola Seriki
Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain, Ademola Rasaq Seriki, is dead.
His death was announced in a notice signed by his children on Thursday. The notice said that he died in Madrid, Spain in the early hours of the day.
He was 63.
Until his death, Seriki was a politician, teacher, businessman and public administrator;
—Minister of State for Interior of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: 2009 to March 2010.
—Minister of State for Defence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: 2008 to 2009.
—Supervising Minister for Mines and Steel Development: October 2008 to December 2008.
—Minister of State for Agriculture and Water Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria: 2007 to 2008.
—In May 2009, the Oba of Lagos, HRH Oba Rilwan Akiolu conferred on Demola Seriki the chieftaincy title: The Otun Aare of Lagos.
