Nigerian Defense Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar tendered his resignation on Monday, the office of President Bola Tinubu confirmed, amid a growing wave of jihadist violence against Christians in the country.
Nigeria, whose population is nearly evenly split between Muslims and Christians, has faced over a decade of genocidal Islamic violence against Christians in both the Muslim-majority north and the Middle Belt, the informal border that connects the north to the Christian-majority south. In northern Nigeria, jihadist organizations such as Boko Haram engage in mass abductions of Christian girls as well as suicide bombings and other atrocities, while in the Middle Belt, heavily armed Fulani jihadists represent the biggest threat.
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