Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Khadija Ibrahim, resigns

Khadija-Bukar-Ibrahim

The minister of state for foreign affairs, Khadija Ibrahim, has resigned her position.

Mrs Ibrahim resigned to contest the February 16 House of Representatives election in her home-state of Yobe.

She is wife to a senator and former Governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba-Ibrahim.

She defeated her son-in law, Mohammed Bukar-Ibrahim, during the party primaries in Yobe in October 2018 to become the All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer for Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani Federal Constituency seat.