Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has stepped down from office, citing deteriorating health.
Presidential spokesman and Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, confirmed the minister’s resignation in a statement issued on Monday.
In the letter, Badaru cited poor health as the reason for stepping down.
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President Tinubu has accepted the resignation and expressed gratitude for the minister’s service to the nation.
Onanuga said 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.
