December 16, (THEWILL) – A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and National Coordinator of Patriots Roundtable, Prince Uthman Shodipe-Dosunmu, has mourned the passing of the Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, describing his death as a great loss to both Lagos and Nigeria.
Seriki, who died in Madrid in the early hours of Thursday, according to Shodipe-Dosunmu, worked hard for every position he got while alive.
Shodipe-Dosunmu described the late envoy as an adherent of Asiwaju, promoter of the greater good of Lagos and a genuine man, who was devoted to a good cause.
In a statement he signed and made available to the media, titled: ‘Demola Seriki: A loss so sad’, Shodipe-Dosunmu, who is also the Oloriekun of Olowogbowo, described the deceased as a philanthropist, who was dedicated to Nigeria at all times.
He said, “Demola Seriki climbed all the possible hills of politics with great elan, with genuine devotion to a good cause and with utter simplicity and with the panache of a Lagosian original.
“Demola spoke softly, truthfully, but with stern stability, to what he believes in. You hardly hear him shout in angry denunciation. He was as humble as humble could be.
“Seriki harboured no malice, no malignant flourishing. He sprung from the very fount of Evans street in Lagos island, his place of birth and the very street which now bears his name, in deserved honour and approbation.
“He worked hard for every position he got. Minister, Ambassador, strong party Apparatchik, adherent of Asiwaju, promoter of the greater good of Lagos, he never looked back on God’s holy calling.
“I knew him as a friend, as a brother, who was always respectful and swept in deference to me.”
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