Nigerian Ambassador To The U.S. Ade Adefuye Passes on

Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, a student of history who served as Nigeria’s envoy to the United States, has kicked the bucket in Washington, DC, SaharaReporters simply learned.

Mr. Adefuye kicked the bucket at a yet to be revealed healing facility in the US, a source in the US revealed.

Mr. Adefuye was recalled to Nigeria after President Muhammadu Buhari was confirmed as President. He was all the while waiting to hand over to another ambassador when he abruptly passed on today.

A previous professor of history, Mr. Adefuye was in 2010 designated by previous President Goodluck Jonathan as Nigeria’s represetative in the US. A outspoken and defender of Nigeria, the deceased diplomat handled faultfinders of Nigeria in the US. He vociferously campaigned against Nigeria’s order as “a nation of enthusiasm” 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 and additionally a PhD in history in 1973. He likewise got a Fulbright Fellowship that empowered him to do examination work at Columbia University, the University of North Florida, and the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Diplomat Adefuye, who composed a few history writings, taught at the University of Lagos, acquiring a professorship and heading the History Department 1985 to 1987.

Preceding his arrangement to Nigeria’s Embassy in Washington, DC, Mr. Adefuye served as his nation’s diplomat to Jamaica (where he was simultaneously licensed to Haiti and Belize) from 1987 to 1991. In 1991, he was selected Nigeria’s Deputy High Commissioner in the U.K., leaving to labor for a long time as a Deputy Director at the Commonwealth. On leaving the Commonwealth, the previous professor acknowledged a position as a counsel at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).