Public commentator Mahdi Shehu has criticised the Federal Government after the name of the late Senator Adamu Talba, who died in July 2025, appeared among President Bola Tinubu’s latest ambassadorial nominees.
Shehu, in a post shared on X on Friday, described the mistake as a sad, scandalous and avoidable blunder.
He questioned the level of diligence applied by agencies responsible for screening nominees.
He said the error shows that the entire nomination process was rushed and poorly handled.
According to him, “This clearly shows everything is being done in a panicky, half- Hazzard and fire brigade approach out of FEAR and in a hurry to please local and foreign influencers so that “the lion” can have some sleep.
Shehu added that the appearance of a deceased person on an official list reveals deep institutional failures.
He argued that agencies tasked with verifying names and backgrounds of nominees did not carry out even the most basic checks.
“It shows how agencies responsible for vetting nominees are clearly not doing their job,” he wrote.
“Regimes that will continue to fail are those that have no blueprint, no action plan, panicky, full of injustice and unfairness, with open bias and hate against those they perceive or are made to perceive them as enemies that must be eliminated at all cost.
He said, “This is a blunder the Guinness Record Book must register as a unique incidence.”
