The Nigerian Senate has confirmed President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors.
The former service chiefs
The nominees are: General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd) (Ekiti); Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd) (Borno); Vice Admiral Ibok- Ette Ibas (retd) (Cross River); Air Vice Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd) (Bauchi); and Air Vice Marshal Muhammad S. Usman (Rtd) (Kano).
In confirming the appointees, the Senate ignored two petitions against the former service chiefs’ nominations.