The Nigerian Senate has completed the screening process for the three ambassadorial nominees sent forward by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation.
The nominees, who appeared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs chaired by Senator Sani Bello (APC, Niger North), are Kayode Are (Ogun State), Aminu Dalhatu (Jigawa State), and Ayodele Oke (Oyo State).
President Tinubu’s request for their confirmation was initially conveyed in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during plenary last week. 
The committee’s report is now expected to be presented at the plenary for consideration and possible confirmation in due course.
During the session, Senator Bello disclosed that one of the nominees, Ayodele Oke, had “addressed and cleared all allegations previously raised against him.”
The nominees bring extensive security and diplomatic experience.
Oke, an alumnus of Emory University in Atlanta, is a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to the Secretariat of the Commonwealth of Nations in London. Dalhatu previously served as Nigeria’s ambassador to South Korea under the Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
Kayode Are has a distinguished security background, having served as the director general of the State Security Service (SSS) from 1999 to 2007, acting as National Security Adviser in 2010, and being an officer in the Directorate of Military Intelligence.
Are also graduated with First Class honours in Psychology from the University of Ibadan in 1980.
