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Family Announces Burial Arrangements For Demola Seriki
Demola Seriki’s family has announced his burial arrangements.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the family of Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain, Demola Seriki, has announced burial arrangements for the late envoy.
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The order of programme shared with this news medium on Friday revealed that the burial would take place Saturday afternoon.
According to the deceased’s family, the burial prayer will take place at the Central Mosque, Tinubu Square, Lagos Island, at 2:00pm.
Similarly, Seriki’s remains will be buried at Vaults & Garden, Ikoyi, Lagos, at 3:00pm.
Then, there will be a final prayer for the late ambassador at 17 Queen’s Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos, at 4:00pm.
Earlier on Thursday, Seriki’s children announced his demise.
Eko Hot Blog gathered that he battled cancer until his death.
Meanwhile, various friends and associates have mourned the former Minister of State for Defence.
On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari sent condolences to Seriki’s family, saying his passing left the government in shock.
“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.
“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,” a statement by the president’s spokesman, Garbage Shehu reads.
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Seriki’s longtime friend and former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, also described his demise as a “terrible loss to all.”
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