The Federal Government of Nigeria has strongly condemned the killing of Mali’s Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Lieutenant General Sadio Camara, in a terrorist attack.
Camara was killed on April 25, 2026, during coordinated terrorist assaults that targeted military sites across Mali, including a suicide car bomb attack on his residence in Kati, near the capital Bamako.
According to Malian authorities, the defence minister engaged the attackers in a firefight before sustaining fatal injuries and later succumbing to his wounds in hospital.
In a statement, Nigeria described the incident as a tragic loss and unequivocally denounced the terrorist act that claimed the life of the high-ranking Malian official.
The killing of Lt-Gen. Camara, a key figure in Mali’s military-led transitional government, has been widely viewed as a significant blow amid escalating security challenges in the Sahel region.
The attack was reportedly part of a broader wave of coordinated assaults by jihadist groups, including those linked to al-Qaeda, and separatist rebels.
