For­mer Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty min­is­ter Jack Warn­er this morn­ing re­signed as chair­man of the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress, the main par­ty of the coun­try's rul­ing coali­tion gov­ern­ment.

It is Warn­er's sec­ond res­ig­na­tion in less than twen­ty-four hours. He yes­ter­day re­signed as na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty min­is­ter.

His de­mis­sion from that min­is­te­r­i­al post came two days af­ter an in­ves­ti­ga­tion ac­cused him of "fraud­u­lent" man­age­ment of Con­ca­caf, a re­gion­al foot­ball con­fed­er­a­tion.

Warn­er is a for­mer Con­ca­caf pres­i­dent and for­mer FI­FA vice pres­i­dent.

Full sto­ry in Tues­day's Guardian.