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Buhari Deploys 4 Ambassadors To US

Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian military ruler and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) speaks during an interview with Reuters at a private residence in Lagos February 19, 2011. Buhari, the main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential election, said he was optimistic it would be a more credible race than in the past but warned events in north Africa showed people would no longer accept a rigged vote. Picture taken February 19, 2011. To match Interview NIGERIA-BUHARI/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)

President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed four of the ambassadors that were newly confirmed to the United States, Europe and East Africa. The affected officers are:Professor Tijani Bande (Kebbi State); Itegboje Sunday (Edo); Kadiri Audu (Kwara) and Bankole Adeoye (Ogun).

A statement by the president’s media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Bande would proceed as Nigeria’s ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria in the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

lt also said Itegboje had been deployed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Deputy Representative to Permanent Mission of Nigeria in the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

ln the same vein, the statement said Audu would proceed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Permanent Mission of Nigeria in the United Nations Offices in Geneva while Adeoye was deployed as Nigeria’s Ambassador/Representative to the Embassy of Nigeria/Permanent Mission in the African Union in Addis Ababa.