Mohammed Badaru Abubakar

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
MON
Abubakar in 2024
Minister of Defence
In office
21 August 2023 – 1 December 2025
PresidentBola Tinubu
Minister of stateBello Matawalle
Preceded byBashir Salihi Magashi
Succeeded byChristopher Gwabin Musa
Governor of Jigawa State
In office
29 May 2015 – 29 May 2023
DeputyIbrahim Hadejia
Umar Namadi
Preceded bySule Lamido
Succeeded byUmar Namadi
Personal details
Born (1962-09-29) 29 September 1962
Babura, Northern Region (now in Jigawa State), Nigeria
PartyAll Progressives Congress
OccupationPolitician

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar MON (born 29 September 1962) is a Nigerian politician who served as the Nigerian minister of defence from 21 August 2023 to 1 December 2025 when he resigned for medical reasons. He previously served as the governor of Jigawa State from 2015 to 2023.

Badaru, as he is popularly called, was a one-time chairman of the Nigerian Presidential committee on fertilizer distribution to farmers, and also a former chairman of a presidential committee on non-oil revenue. He is the founder of Talamiz Group.

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