Hours after taking over as new Nigerian Leader, President Bola Tinubu Monday appointed Ambassador Victor Kunle Adeleke as the new State Chief of Protocol (SCOP).
The DEFENDER reports that Tinubu, who is 16th Nigerian President, was in a yet to be confirmed report said to have also appointed Mr. Dele Alake, his former Commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State as his Spokesman.
Ambassador Adeleke will replace Ambassador Lawal Kazaure, the SCOP to former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Born in 1967 at Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, the Obafemi Awolowo University, lle-Ife, Osun State graduate, Adeleke, is said to have been called to the Nigerian Bar in 1991 after which he joined the Foreign Service in 1993.
According to a media source, Adeleke, after his diplomatic training at the Nigerian Foreign Service Academy, Lagos in 1994, served in various capacities at home and abroad, including, the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Office of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and, the Office of the Permanent Secretary (MFA).
He also served as an Assistant Director of Protocol to three of Nigeria’s former Presidents, viz: President Olusegun Obasanjo (2007), President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (2007-2010), and President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (2010) at the State House Protocol, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Mr Adeleke had served in many of Nigeria’s diplomatic missions notably Beijing, (China), Brasilia (Brazil), Warsaw (Poland), London (United Kingdom), and Dublin (Ireland), where he was Deputy Head of Mission.
Before his appointment, he served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Ethiopia.
