Nigerian ambassador in diplomatic breaches row

Ademola Seriki the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Spain is trending on social media for the wrong reason.

A source in the Nigerian Foreign Affairs Ministry revealed that the Ambassador has continuously breached diplomatic protocols.

The trending issue right now, is that he is accused of arrogantly refusing to ride his official Representative Car assigned to him from the Nigerian Embassy, but instead, opted to import his personal car from Lagos to Madrid at huge cost.

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Those in the know, said he flagrantly removed one of the Spanish number plates for the Nigerian Embassy registered vehicle and put on his imported Range Rover illegally and without authorization from his host Ministry.

It was gathered that he was recently stopped by the police who threatened to impound the vehicle as it has no proper documentation.

Our source said the Ambassador profusely begged the Spanish police who let him off on personal recognition.

Ambassador Seriki has however maintained that he took his Range Rover to Spain at no cost to the Embassy.

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