ADC rejects ambassadorial list, says Yakubu nomination threatens INEC’s integrity

The African Democratic Congress has sharply criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s new ambassadorial nominations, describing the list as a political reward scheme rather than a serious effort to repair Nigeria’s damaged foreign relations.

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party said the nomination of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, raises fundamental ethical concerns and further undermines an electoral body still struggling with public trust.

The party said the appointment “would lend credence to the widespread allegation that the former INEC chief may not have been a neutral umpire in…