Ministerial: Tinubu sends names of El-Rufai, Wike, Dele Alake, Fagbemi, 24 others to Senate 

By Fatai Ahmed

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday sent the long-awaited ministerial list to the Senate with some expected and surprise names making the cut.

The Senate President Godswill Akpabio read the names on the floor of the Senate during plenary on Thursday.

According to Channels TV, some immediate past governors including Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and David Umahi of Ebonyi state made the cut.

Also, listed is Barr.Lateef Fagbemi, a legal luminary and a Prince of Ijagbo, kwara state. Fagbemi’s inclusion confirms National Pilot report in May, 2023 which stated exclusively that he may handed the Justice portfolio by President Tinubu in the new cabinet.

National Pilot report reads : “calculation may as well favour Barrister Lateef Fagbemi, a legal luminary and a Senior of Advocate Nigeria(SAN). According to sources, Fagbemi may pick Tinubu’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation port folio.

This is in recognition of the legal services he has been rendering to the All Progressive Congress (APC ) over time with huge success.

Early last month when APC appointed its Presidential Election Petition Legal Team which comprised of legal luminaries with vast experience in election petition matters, Fagbemi was chosen as the lead counsel.

Born in 1956, Fagbemi, a Prince of Ijagbo, in Oyun local government of Kwara state, is among the prominent and successful personalities in kwara and indeed in the country”.

See the full list below:

Abubakar Momoh

Yususf Maitama Tukur

Ahmad Dangiwa

Hannatu Musawa

Uche Nnaji

Betta Edu

Doris Uzoka

David Umahi

Ezenwo Nyesom Wike

Muhammed Badaru Abubakar

Nasir El Rufai

Ekperikpe Ekpo

Nkiru Onyejiocha

Olubunmi Ojo

Stella Okotete

Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye

Bello Muhammad Goronyo

Dele Alake

Lateef Fagbemi

Mohammad Idris

Olawale Edun

Waheed Adebayo Adelabu

Emman Suleman Ibrahim

Ali Pate

Joseph Utsev

Abubakar Kyari

John Eno

Sanni Abubakar Danladi