Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Adefuye, is dead.

Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Adebowale Adefuye, is dead.

Mr. Adefuye, a former History professor died on
Thursday at an undisclosed hospital in
Washington DC.
Mr. Adefuye was appointed the head of the
Nigerian mission to the U.S. in 2010 by former President Goodluck Jonathan.
He was born in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State in 1947.
He was a graduate of the
University of Ibadan where he bagged his first degree in 1969.
He was also a Fulbright Scholar and did further studies and research work at the Columbia University in New York, the University of North
Florida, and the University of Florida in Gainesville.
Prior to his being named Nigeria’s ambassador to the US, he served as ambassador to Jamaica, and deputy high commissioner in the U.K.
Vanguard.