They were recalled after three years of service abroad. Among them are:
- Former Foreign Affairs Minister , Chief Ojo Maduekwe (Canada);
- Chairman of the Jonathan Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2011 election, Dr. Dalhatu Tafida (UK);
- Professor Ade Adefuye (USA);
- widow of the late Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca (Spain);
- Former deputy governor of Oyo State, Mr. Taofeek Arapaja (Jordan).
- Former aviation minister, Mrs. Fidelia Njeze (Switzerland);
- Ex-General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Ibadan, Mr. Yemi Farounbi (Philippines);
- A one-time governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Mr. Olatokunbo Kamson (Jamaica);
- PDP front liner in Ondo State, Mr. Cornelius Oluwateru (UAE);
- Alhaji Abubakar Shehu Bunu (Saudi Arabia);
- Former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General in Benue State, Mr. Chive Kaave (Argentina);
- former financial secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Tukur Mani (Iran);
- former permanent secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA Biodun Nathaniel Olorunfemi (Namibia).
- Chief Asam Asam (SAN), (Russia);
- Mr. Okwudili Nwosu (Burundi);
- Mr. Okeke Chukwuemeka (Vatican);
- Mr. Eric Aworahbi (Italy);
- Dauda Danladi (Pakistan);
- Mrs. Katherine Okon (Czeck Republic);
- Mr. Nwofe Alexander,;
- Princess Victoria Bosede Onipede (Republic of Congo);
- Senator Haruna Garba (Kuwait);
- Mrs. Nonye Rajis-Okpara (Singapore);
- Chief Eddy Onuoha (Hungary);
- Mr. Adamu Babangida Ibrahim (Syria);
- Dr. Sam Jimba (Poland)
They were among the 93 envoys posted out in June 2012.
