President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has sworn in the former Chief of Defence Staff(CDS), General Christopher Musa (rtd.) as the new Minister of Defence.
Musa, who left his position as CDS, recently took the oath of office on Thursday, December 4,2025,at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, in a post on X, confirmed that General Musa had taken the oath of office.
The previous day, after a rigorous question and answer session, the Senate confirmed Musa as the Minister of Defence.
On Tuesday, President Tinubu nominated General Musa as the new Minister of Defence.
In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, President Tinubu conveyed General Musa’s nomination as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned on Monday due to ill health.
General Musa, who will be 58, on December 25,2025, is a distinguished soldier who served as Chief of Defence Staff from 2023 until October 2025.
He won the Colin Powell Award for Soldiering in 2012.
