The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mrs Khadija Ibrahim, has turned in her resignation, Punch reports. According to the report, the former Minister who is the wife of former Governor of Yobe State, Sen. Bukar Abba-Ibrahim, resigned to contest the February 16 House of Representatives election in her home-state of Yobe.
She is contesting the Damaturu/Tarmuwa/Gujba/Gulani Federal Constituency seat.
In 2018, she contested against and defeated her son-in law, Mohammed Bukar-Ibrahim, to pick the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in October 2018.