Senate President Ahmad Lawal on Tuesday read President Buhari’s letter on the Senate floor asking it to confirm the nomination of former service chiefs as non-career ambassadors.
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Thursday last week approved the nomination of former service chiefs: Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, Vice Admiral Ete Ibas, and Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, as non career ambassadors.
The development generated criticism from the leading opposition party in the country, the Peoples Democratic Party, which said it was a ploy to shield them from prosecution by the International Court of Justice.