Nigeria: Showunmi defends wife’s appointment to electoral operations role
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Daily Post
Bola Tinubu’s campaign official Segun Showunmi says the new post given to his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, at Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission is an internal administrative decision. She takes charge of the electoral operations department ahead of the 2027 election, and Showunmi defended her professional record in an interview on Channels Television, the Daily Post reports.
Segun Showunmi, a member of the presidential campaign council of Nigeria’s APC party, has defended the appointment of his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, as head of the electoral operations department of the INEC electoral commission, the Daily Post reports. He says his role in the campaign for Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 did not influence the decision.
Appearing on Channels Television, Showunmi described the appointment as an internal administrative decision and urged his critics to examine his wife’s professional record. The appointment had raised questions about a possible link with his political activities.
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