The allegation that President Bola Tinubu is favouring people from the South West with appointment has drawn the reaction of the presidency.
The claim tagged: Yorubanisation of Nigeria resurfaced following the appointment of Major General Olufemi Oluyede as Acting Chief of Army Staff.
Oluyede was appointed to stand in for General Tahoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff, who has been away from the country treating an undisclosed ailment.
Reacting to the charge, Sunday Dare, Special Adviser to the President on Public Communications and Orientation, said the accusation is false.
Dare countered the argument in a post on X, formerly twitter, where he shared a list of the heads of security agencies appointed by Tinubu.
According to the list, the North West has the highest appointees (eight), followed by the South West (five) and North Central (four).
North East has three appointees, according to the presidential aide’s list, while South South and South East have one each.
“Facts do not lie. Below we see laid bare the facts about the regional outlook of President Tinubu’s appointments within 20 security agencies. The label of him favouring Yorubas in the Security set up does not fit. Nigeria we hail thee!,” Dare captioned the post.
