{"id":9704,"date":"2025-12-01T08:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=9704"},"modified":"2025-12-01T09:30:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T09:30:52","slug":"adc-rejects-tinubu-ambassadorial-list-claims-yakubu-nomination-threatens-inecs-integrity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/12\/01\/adc-rejects-tinubu-ambassadorial-list-claims-yakubu-nomination-threatens-inecs-integrity\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC rejects Tinubu ambassadorial list, claims Yakubu nomination threatens INEC\u2019s integrity."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The African Democratic Congress has sharply criticised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s new ambassadorial nominations, describing the list as a political reward scheme rather than a serious effort to repair Nigeria\u2019s damaged foreign relations.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

The party said the appointment \u201cwould lend credence to the widespread allegation that the former INEC chief may not have been a neutral umpire in the 2023 election,\u201d noting that Yakubu supervised the highly disputed poll that produced President Tinubu and left INEC in a \u201cmajor credibility crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The ADC argued that the nomination was ill-timed and damaging. \u201cAt a time that Nigeria needs a disciplined and credible diplomatic corps capable of rebuilding the nation\u2019s collapsing credibility, President Tinubu has surpassed himself by presenting a comic cast of political jobbers, corruption suspects, and patronage of wives, children, and relatives of political associates,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n

The party described Yakubu\u2019s inclusion as \u201cembarrassingly insensitive,\u201d insisting that his acceptance would erase the line between those who run elections and those who benefit from them. According to the statement, \u201cIf allowed to stand, it would set a dangerous precedent where future INEC chairmen and commissioners may begin to see their positions as stepping stones to future political rewards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ADC questioned which category Yakubu falls into among the nominees. \u201cA cursory review of the list would show that almost all nominees fall into three categories: former career diplomats or ambassadors, political supporters or their relatives, and members of the president\u2019s political party. We wonder in which of these three categories Prof. Yakubu belongs,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

The party acknowledged that no law bars him from taking the job but stressed that \u201ceven when the law is silent, ethical standards must be upheld, especially when the situation attacks the very foundation of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ADC urged Prof. Yakubu to reject the nomination \u201cfor the sake of INEC\u2019s institutional credibility, the integrity of future elections, and the preservation of his own legacy.\u201d Should he decline to do so, the party called on the Senate to reject his nomination in order to protect public trust in the electoral process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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