Envoy's death: Lagos PDP expresses condolences to APC, Sekiri's family

The leadership of the PDP in Lagos State has commiserated with the APC over the death of Nigeria's envoy to Spain, Chief Demola Seriki, who died on Thursday in Madrid at age 63.

The state publicity secretary of the party, Mr. Hakeem Amode, said that the death of Seriki, a former Minister of State for Defense, came as a rude shock.

Amode said that the PDP leadership in the state condoled with the APC and the family of the deceased.

Also, the PDP spokesman said that the late Seriki led an impactful life.

"With a deep sense of loss and total submission to the will of God for an impactful life, the PDP wishes to condole with the family of Seriki.

"We commiserate with friends and associates and pray God gives them the fortitude to bear his passing."

"It is our assurance that his legacies will remain as evidence of a life well spent," Amode said.

The Supreme reports that Seriki was a Lagos APC chieftain.

Born on November 30, 1959, in Lagos Island, Seriki, the Otun Aare of Lagos, was a well-respected politician, teacher, businessman, financial expert, sports administrator and enthusiast, and public administrator.

He had his earlier education in Nigeria and later proceeded for undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the United States of America (USA), where he bagged his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Accounting from the City University of New York in the U.S.A.

He also had a diploma in international and regional security from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

His passion for education earned him laurels back in the United States of America, where he became a licensed accounting and business mathematics teacher with the New York City Board of Education.