Buhari IIMinister of Defence· August 2019 — May 2023
Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd)
Defence Minister during the End SARS protests and the rise of mass abductions.
The record
Bashir Salihi Magashi (b. 1947, Kano) was a member of the Supreme Military Council under Babangida and former Military Administrator of Sokoto State (1990–1992).
His tenure as Defence Minister coincided with the Kankara abduction (December 2020), the Kagara and Jangebe abductions (February 2021), and the Plateau, Zamfara and Kaduna village massacres of 2021–2022. His February 2021 remark that abduction victims should fight back rather than 'be cowards' drew nationwide condemnation.
Sources
- Nigeria Security Tracker — Council on Foreign Relations
- BBC Pidgin, 'Magashi tell Nigerians to fight bandits' (February 2021)
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.