Lagos APC Ndigbo mourns late Seriki, says death unfortunate, untimely

Sir Jude Idimogu, Deputy Apex Leader, Ndigbo in Lagos State APC on Thursday said the death of Nigeria’s envoy to Spain, Chief Demola Seriki, came when he was most needed.

Idimogu, a two-term member of the Lagos State House of Assembly representing Oshodi-Isolo Constituency II, told our reporter that late Seriki died when his grassroots political acumen was needed to actualise ambition of APC Presidential Candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu in 2023.

“It is quite unfortunate to lose Seriki, the ambassador we have representing us in Spain. He is very young, this death is really untimely.

“This is the time we need his service more but what do we do? It is God that gives and takes.

“All of us in Lagos APC even Nigeria as a whole have lost somebody. It is not easy to replace him,” Idimogu said.

He prayed God to grant the deceased family, the APC and the Federal Government fortitude to bear the loss.

The lawmaker urged the government not to abandon the family of the deceased.

It was reported that Seriki, a Lagos APC chieftain and former Minister of State for Defence, died at the age of 63 on Thursday in Madrid.

Born on Nov. 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 at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 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.