President Bola Tinubu of Nigeria has nominated non – career ambassadors to the United States of America, the United Kingdom and France. The postings will be finalised following the Senate screening exercise.
The three nominees are Ambassador Ayodele Oke (Oyo State), Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are (Ogun State), and Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu (Jigawa State).
Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea during President Buhari’s administration, having been first appointed in 2016.
Ambassador Ayodele Oke, an alumnus of Emory University in Atlanta, is a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Nations in London.
Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are was Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) from 1999 to 2007, served as National Security Adviser in 2010, and was an officer in the Directorate of Military Intelligence. He graduated with First Class Honours in Psychology from the University of Ibadan in 1980.
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