A former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington has passed on at 90, it emerged on Wednesday, August 12.
Wife of the deceased, Arese Carrington, announced his death in a statement titled, “Press Release – Ambassador Walter C. Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal”.
According to the statement, the former envoy died peacefully on Tuesday, August 11.
She wrote;
It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved husband Walter Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal.
He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at the age of 90 years old on Tuesday, August 11th, 2020. Further announcements will be made shortly.
Walter was a loving husband, father, grandfather, cousin, uncle, friend and in-law. Ralph Waldo Emerson said…It is not the length of life but the depth of life. Walter was fortunate, his life had both length and depth.
God Bless,
Arese Carrington.
Carrington served as the US Ambassador to Senegal from 1980 to 1981. He was appointed by former US President Bill Clinton in 1993 as the US Ambassador to Nigeria, where he remained until 1997.
His ties to Nigeria were deep; he married into a Nigerian family and had lived in three Nigerian cities in the late 1960s. He turned 90 on July 24, 2020.
May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
