The Presidency yesterday released a statement refuting online reports that the Minister of Defense, Lt.-Gen Aliyu Gusau has resigned.
“General Gusau remains in Office as Minister of Defence,” read the statement, which was signed by President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Adviser of Media, Reuben Abati.
It further stated that “[Gusau’s] absence from today's meeting of the Federal Executive Council, which was cited in support of the false report of his resignation, was with the permission of President Goodluck Jonathan.”
Gen. Gusau’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Adebisi Adekunle, also denied the reports yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
Gusau, a former Security Adviser, was sworn in as Minister of Defence by President Jonathan on March 5 along with 10 others.
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