Background
Henry Adefope was born on 15 March 1926 in Kaduna, Nigeria to Alice Adefope and Chief Adefope.
Henry Adefope was born on 15 March 1926 in Kaduna, Nigeria to Alice Adefope and Chief Adefope.
He was educated at Content Management System Grammar School, Lagos and Glasgow University, graduating in General medicine in 1952.
He worked as a doctor from 1953 to 1963 and was then commissioned into the Nigerian Army in 1963. He rose to the rank of Major General and served as Director of Medical Services. From 1975 to 1978 he served as Minister of Labour and from 1978 to 1979 served as Minister of Foreign Affairs, both cabinet portfolios under the military administration of General Olusegun Obasanjo.
In 1985 he was elected to the International Olympic Committee. He was investigated, but exonerated in regards to the 2002 Winter Olympic bid scandal.
Adefope was a father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Henry Adefope died on 11 March 2012.
International Olympic Committee]
While with the International Olympic Committee, he has been a member of the commissions that selected the host cities for the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympic Games.