The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who confirmed this on Monday , said his
resignation was contained in a letter dated December 1 and addressed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and
The presidential spokesman said Abubakar resigned on health grounds
Onanuga said President Tinubu accepted Abubakar’s resignation and thanked him for his services to the nation.
According to sources within the presidency, Tinubu will likely inform the Senate of Badaru’s successor within the week.
President Tinubu had declared a state of emergency on security, directing massive recruitment into the military and police, following increasing level of insecurity in the Northern part of the country in the past few weeks
Abubakar, 63, was a two-term governor of Jigawa State from 2015 to 2023. He was appointed defence 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
Meanwhile northern governors and traditional rulers have proposed the suspension of mining activities across the region for six months, following the worsening insecurity across the country
Giving the proposal in a communiqué issued after a joint meeting of the Northern States Governors’ Forum and the Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council held at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, Kaduna, the leaders blamed illegal mining for security challenges.
Chaired by the Governor of Gombe State and NSGF Chairman, Muhammadu Yahaya, the meeting had in attendance the 19 northern governors and chairmen of the 19 states’ traditional councils.
The leaders raised fears over the escalating violence in parts of the North, including the killings and abductions recently recorded in Kebbi, Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Sokoto, Jigawa and Kano states, as well as renewed Boko Haram attacks in Borno and Yobe
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