Yakubu Dadu

Yakubu Audu Dadu
Official portrait of Yakubu Audu Dadu, Consul General, Consulate General of Nigeria, Frankfurt
Born (1969-11-03) 3 November 1969
NationalityNigerian
OccupationDiplomat
Years active2001 – date

Ambassador Yakubu Audu Dadu (born 3 November 1969) is a long-serving Nigerian diplomat known for his advocacy for regional cooperation for the control of illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the ECOWAS region. He is Nigeria’s 7th and current Consul General at the Consulate General of Nigeria in Frankfurt, Germany. He was appointed Nigeria’s ambassador by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In 2021, he successfully repatriated a stolen ancient Ile-Ife bronze head, which was seized at the Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City in 2017.