Nigeria’s defence minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his appointment, with immediate effect.
In a special release on Monday evening from the office of Bayo Onanuga, Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Abubakar was said to have sent in his letter of resignation on December 1 quoting ‘health grounds’.
Continued Onanuga in the statement sent to PMParrot, “President Bola Tinubu has accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his services to the nation.
“President Tinubu will likely inform the Senate of Badaru’s successor later this week”.
Badaru Abubakar, 63, was a two-term governor of Jigawa state from 2015 to 2023. He was appointed as a minister on August 21, 2023, by President Tinubu.
His resignation comes amid President Tinubu’s declaration of a national security emergency, with plans to elaborate on its scope in due course.
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