2027: Tinubu's Campaigner, Showunmi Defends Wife's New INEC Role

INEC and neutrality test

Fresh controversies have resurfaced over the redeployment of key personnel of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. In the recent changes at INEC, Mrs Oluyemi Titilayo Adeyemi-Showunmi, formerly the Administrative Secretary of the commission’s Lagos State office, was redeployed as the Director of Electoral Operations at the commission. She is the wife of Segun Showunmi, a spokesman for the Tinu…

2027: Tinubu's campaigner, Showunmi defends wife's new INEC role

Segun Showunmi, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has defended his wife’s redeployment to head the Electoral Operations Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Showunmi said his role in Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign had nothing to do with his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, securing the position. According to […] 2027: Tinubu's campaigner, Showunmi defends wife's n…

INEC Must Reconsider Aliu, Adeyemi–Showunmi

Are the controversies surrounding the appointment of Professor Mustapha Aliu as Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) National Commissioner for the North West and the redeployment of Mrs Oluyemi Titilayo Adeyemi-Showunmi to Director of Electoral Operations warranted? The straightforward answer is yes. Professor Aliu is related to Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu, who is also the […]

Nigerians Aren't Wrong to Question Adeyemi-Showunmi's INEC Appointment

Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi’s new role at INEC has sparked questions about impartiality ahead of Nigeria’s 2027 elections, given her husband’s political activities.

2027: Tinubu’s Campaign Council Member Defends Wife’s Appointment as INEC Electoral Operations Head

 Segun Showunmi, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, has defended his wife’s redeployment to head the Electoral Operations Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.   Showunmi said his role in Tinubu’s 2027 re-election campaign had nothing to do with his wife, Oluyemi Adeyemi-Showunmi, securing the position.   According to him, the posting was purely an internal administrat…

2027 Election: APC Campaign Council Member Showunmi Confirms SaharaReporters’ Report On Wife’s Redeployment To Head INEC Electoral Operations

The question followed INEC’s redeployment of Oluyemi, who previously served as the commission’s Administrative Secretary in Lagos State, to head Electoral Operations at its headquarters ahead of the 2027 general elections.