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Nigeria’s defence minister, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned his appointment, with immediate effect.
A statement issued by Bayo Onanuga Bayo Onanuga,Special Adviser to the President,
Information and Strategy stated that Abubakar resigned through a letter dated 1 December, ,2025 and sent to President Bola Tinubu, Abubakar that he was quitting on health grounds.
Onanuga added that President Tinubu has accepted the resignation and thanked Abubakar for his services to the nation.
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 21 August, 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.
