THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF DEFENCE H.E. MOHAMMED BADARU ABUBAKAR CON, mni, REPRESENTED THE SPECIAL GUEST OF HONOUR, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR, AT THE UNVEILING OF A BOOK AND THE 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION OF THE IMMEDIATE PAST CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, GEN. LEO IRABOR (RTD). THE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE CONGRESS HALL, TRANSCORP HILTON HOTEL, ABUJA, ON FRIDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2025.
THE OCCASION FEATURED THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF GEN. IRABOR’S NEW BOOK, “SCARS: NIGERIA’S JOURNEY AND THE BOKO HARAM CONUNDRUM.”
DISTINGUISHED ATTENDEES INCLUDED FORMER PRESIDENT H.E. OLUSEGUN OBASANJO, GCFR (CHAIRMAN OF THE OCCASION); FORMER PRESIDENT H.E. GOODLUCK JONATHAN; THE SULTAN OF SOKOTO, HIS EMINENCE ALHAJI MUHAMMADU SA’AD ABUBAKAR, CFR; BISHOP MATTHEW HASSAN KUKAH; THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF, GEN. C.G. MUSA; SERVICE CHIEFS; AND OTHER SERVING AND RETIRED SENIOR MILITARY OFFICERS.
