JUST IN: Tinubu swears in ex-CDS Musa as Defence Minister 

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa (rtrd) as the new Defence Minister. 

The former CDS took oath of office on Thursday at the State House, according to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy. 

Tribune Online reports that following the resignation of Mohammed Badaru Abubakar as Defence Minister on health grounds, President Tinubu nominated Musa and transmitted his name to the Senate for screening as A replacement for Badaru.

Responding to questions about the country’s current security situation on the floor of the Senate during his screening on Wednesday, Musa assured Nigerians that the country has the capacity to win the war against insurgency, kidnapping and banditry in so far as there is holistic collaboration by all.

He stated that with the right number of boots on the ground, what was required was for Nigeria to work as a united country to defeat the criminals.

Musa recommended that state governors, in particular, and other high-profile political office holders must collaborate with the Armed Forces, in addition to deploying modern technology and adequate budgetary provisions for the counter-terrorism war.

“We can win this war, but we have to work together; if we collaborate with one another, it is very possible. Everyone, state governors, we have to be on it”, he told senators.

Musa promised to review all current security strategies and conduct a holistic investigation into why certain operations appeared to have been compromised.

He cited the case of the alleged withdrawal of troops from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in the town of Maga, Kebbi State, before terrorists abducted 24 schoolgirls two weeks ago.

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