President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s newly released list of non-career ambassadorial nominees has triggered widespread criticism after it emerged that one of the individuals recommended for appointment had died several months before the announcement.
Daily Nigerian reports that the controversial nominee is Adamu Garba Talba, a former lawmaker who represented Yobe South during the Second Republic. Despite his passing in July 2025, his name appeared among the 31 non-career ambassadorial candidates presented to the Senate on December 4, 2025, by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The discovery has fueled public concern over the level of diligence applied in preparing the nomination list. Many Nigerians have questioned how a candidate who has been deceased for months could still make it through what the Presidency previously described as thorough “security and background checks.”
The blunder suggests that the vetting process may have been rushed, inadequately supervised, or based on outdated records. Sources within the Presidency told Daily Nigerian that prior to submission, the list supposedly underwent a “final cleanup” to remove individuals who had died or withdrawn from consideration. The inclusion of Mr. Talba has now raised doubts about how effective that review actually was.
The Senate is expected to scrutinize the list in the coming days, with analysts predicting that the incident may prompt calls for procedural reforms and greater accountability within the nomination process.
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