Nigeria, April 23 -- The presidency has released the statement below, saying the two ministers who vacated their office on Tuesday were not sacked but resigned from office.

Wednesday's statement came about 24 hours after the presidency announced the exit of Messrs Edun and Dangiwa from the cabinet. The Tuesday statement did not state that the officers resigned but announced their replacements. Sources in the presidency told PREMIUM TIMES that Mr Edun, a long time associate of President Bola Tinubu was let go following persistent disagreements on policy matters with the president.

However, on Wednesday, presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said the two men resigned their position. He said Mr Edun resigned on health grounds.

See Mr Ona...