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Nigerian Ambassador To The US Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by Rotjijatau(m): 7:10am On Aug 28, 2015 |
Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, a historian who
served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the United
States, has died in Washington, DC,
SaharaReporters just learned.
Mr. Adefuye died at a yet to be disclosed hospital in
the US, a source in the US told our correspondent.
Mr. Adefuye was recalled to Nigeria after President
Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in as President. He
was still waiting to hand over to a new ambassador
when he suddenly died today.
A former professor of history, Mr. Adefuye was in 2010
appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan as
Nigeria’s ambassador in the US. An outspoken person
and fierce defender of Nigeria, the deceased diplomat
tackled critics of Nigeria in the US. He vociferously
lobbied against Nigeria’s classification as “a country of
interest” in America’s terrorism watch list.
Mr. Adefuye hailed from Ijebu-Igbo in 1947, and
studied at the University of Ibadan where he earned
his first degree in 1969 as well as a PhD in history in
1973. He also received a Fulbright Fellowship that
enabled him to do research work at Columbia
University, the University of North Florida, and the
University of Florida in Gainesville.
Ambassador Adefuye, who wrote several history texts,
taught at the University of Lagos, earning a
professorship and heading the History Department
1985 to 1987.
Prior to his appointment to Nigeria’s Embassy in
Washington, DC, Mr. Adefuye served as his country’s
ambassador to Jamaica (where he was concurrently
accredited to Haiti and Belize) from 1987 to 1991. In
1991, he was appointed Nigeria’s Deputy High
Commissioner in the U.K., leaving to work for fourteen
years as a Deputy Director at the Commonwealth. On
leaving the Commonwealth, the former professor
accepted a position as an advisor at the Economic
Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Source: Www.saharareporters.com
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Re: Nigerian Ambassador To The US Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by xpac01(m): 7:12am On Aug 28, 2015 |
May his soul Rest In Peace.. |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador To The US Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by Nobody: 7:12am On Aug 28, 2015 |
RIP |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador To The US Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by weedy: 7:13am On Aug 28, 2015 |
R.I .P to d deceased |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador To The US Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by Luckylife(m): 7:22am On Aug 28, 2015 |
RIP great man, |
Re: Nigerian Ambassador To The US Adebowale Adefuye Is Dead by Nobody: 7:22am On Aug 28, 2015 |
RIP |
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