BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, on Monday tendered his resignation with immediate effect.
In a letter dated December 1 and addressed to President Bola Tinubu, Abubakar stated that he was stepping down on health grounds.
President 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.
