President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has forwarded to the Senate the names of three non-career ambassadors nominated to represent Nigeria in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
The nominees are Ambassador Ayodele Oke, Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are, and Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu. Their postings will be confirmed after Senate screening.
Ambassador Amin Mohammed Dalhatu previously served as Nigeria’s Ambassador to South Korea during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari, following his initial appointment in 2016.
Ambassador Ayodele Oke, an alumnus of Emory University, Atlanta, is a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). He earlier represented Nigeria at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London as an ambassador.
Retired Colonel Lateef Kayode Are, who earned First Class Honours in Psychology from the University of Ibadan in 1980, served as Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) between 1999 and 2007. He was also National Security Adviser in 2010 and held key roles within the Directorate of Military Intelligence.
The nominations mark a strategic deployment of senior intelligence and diplomatic veterans to key global capitals, reflecting the administration’s push to strengthen Nigeria’s international presence and bilateral relations.
