Ex-Lagos civil servant found dead in UK home

A Nigerian-British former civil servant named Prince Adeoba Adeniji-Adele was discovered dead in his London residence. Adeniji-Adele, who moved to the UK in 2024 after retiring from his role as an information officer in various government agencies in Lagos, was 62 years old. His colleagues became concerned when he failed to return calls or respond to messages, leading them to conduct a welfare check on Monday.

Adeniji-Adele's childhood friend, Abayomi Ishola, confirmed the incident, stating that the man's wife and colleagues assumed he had not woken up after he didn't respond to their messages. Ishola noted that Adeniji-Adele had recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer but had returned to work after treatment. Adeniji-Adele had four children with his wife, Kehinde, whom he had sought British passports for before moving back to the UK two years ago.

Kehinde described her husband as a loving husband, expressing deep pain over his sudden death. The British authorities are now conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.