A man with excellent hose writing skills, a Nigerian public servant, diplomat, author and scholar, a former Nigerian ambassador to the Scandinavian countries - Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway, a Federal Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources, a Ph.D. in Political and International Studies from University of Venezuela, Masters in International Law and Diplomacy from University of Lagos, B.A. (Hons) in History from University of Port Harcourt, he received the National Honors of the Officer of the Order of the Niger, (OON), a distinguished himself as an expert on economic diplomacy and served as secretary to about ten (10) Nigerian Economic Missions abroad between 1986–1991, He was appointed the Nigerian consul, as the Special Assistant (Special Duties) in the Nigerian Presidential Villa (2005–2006), was concurrently named Honorary Adviser and Peace Envoy to the President on Niger Delta (2006–2007), In Cameroon, he played a key role in the Bakassi Peninsular peace effort following border dispute between Nigeria and Cameroon and the subsequent International Court of Justice judgement of 2002.