2027: Atiku raises alarm over appointment of two Yorubas as INEC heads, warns Tinubu

The statesmanlike campaigner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and erstwhile Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has raised concerns implicit the assignment of 2 persons of Yoruba ethnicity to caput 2 cardinal departments of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Atiku disclosed this successful a connection issued connected Sunday by his spokesperson, Phrank Shaibu, demanding explanations for the appointments of Mrs Oluyemi Titilayo Adeyemi-Showunmi and Dr Lawrence Bayode arsenic heads of the Electoral Operations and Voter Registry Department, and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department, respectively.

This comes amid reports that Adeyemi-Showunmi was precocious appointed to regenerate Magaji Gum, portion Bayode serves arsenic caput of the ICT Department. Both are captious departments of the electoral body.

Reacting, Atiku said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu indispensable support his hands disconnected the country’s electoral assemblage up of the 2027 statesmanlike election, insisting that the polls indispensable beryllium escaped and fair.

According to Atiku, the Tinubu administra...