Buhari Sacks Bianca Ojukwu, Ojo Maduekwe, Other Ambassadors

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked all ambassadors appointed by
former President Goodluck Jonathan.

They were recalled home Friday night by Buhari after three years of
service abroad.

Topping the list of the disengaged envoys are a former Foreign Affairs
Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe (Canada); Chairman of the Jonathan
Presidential Campaign Organisation in the 2011 election, Dr. Dalhatu
Tafida (UK); Professor Ade Adefuye (USA); widow of the late Ikemba
Nnewi, Chief Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Bianca (Spain); and former deputy
governor of Oyo State, Mr. Taofeek Arapaja (Jordan).

Others include, a former aviation minister, Mrs. Fidelia Njeze
(Switzerland); ex-General Manager, Nigerian Television Authority
(NTA), Ibadan, Mr. Yemi Farounbi (Philippines); a one-time
governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Mr. Olatokunbo Kamson (Jamaica);
a PDP front liner in Ondo State, Mr. Cornelius Oluwateru (UAE); Alhaji
Abubakar Shehu Bunu (Saudi Arabia); a former Commissioner for Justice
and Attorney General in Benue State, Mr. Chive Kaave (Argentina); a
former financial secretary of the PDP, Alhaji Tukur Mani (Iran); and
former permanent secretary, Federal Capital Territory Administration,
FCTA Biodun Nathaniel Olorunfemi (Namibia).

Also on the list are: Chief Asam Asam (SAN), (Russia); Mr. Okwudili
Nwosu (Burundi); Mr. Okeke Chukwuemeka (Vatican); Mr. Eric Aworahbi
(Italy); Dauda Danladi (Pakistan); and Mrs. Katherine Okon (Czeck
Republic); Mr. Nwofe Alexander; Princess Victoria Bosede Onipede
(Republic of Congo); Senator Haruna Garba (Kuwait); Mrs. Nonye
Rajis-Okpara (Singapore); Chief Eddy Onuoha (Hungary); Mr. Adamu
Babangida Ibrahim (Syria); Dr. Sam Jimba (Poland)

They were among the 93 envoys posted out in June 2012.

Nation reports that the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, had communicated the President's directive to the affected
ambassadors.

They were told to hand over to the highest ranking officer in their
various locations.

According to a source: "the President has issued a directive to the
Permanent Secretary in Ministry of Foreign Affairs to recall all the
political appointees currently serving as ambassadors in all parts of
the world. It doesn't matter whether they have just few months to the
end of their tenure.

"I am sure the envoy in Saudi Arabia is already on his way and quite
many others should be reporting to the ministry by Monday. I really
don't have a comprehensive list of the number of people that are
affected but they were posted in different continents mostly in key
European, Asian and American countries," the source said.
—DailyPost