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| Minister of Defence Lt. Gen. Aliyu Gusau Says He Has Not Resign |
Nigerian Defence minister, Lt. Gen. Aliyu Gusau, has denied the widespread reports of his resignation Wednesday, in what has deflated concerns about the implication of such an exit on the Nigerian government's effort to curtail a bloody rampage by the extremist Boko Haram sect.
Lt. Gen. Gusau said, the reports of his leaving office were untrue. "No I did not," he said in a brief text message response to a Journalists' inquiry asking if he had resigned.
His response came as the Nigerian government scrambled to dispel the reports that the minister, who was appointed barely a week ago, stepped down after an altercation with military commanders.
