President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated General Christopher Gwabin Musa (rtd) as the new Minister of Defence.
In a letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu nominated General Musa as the successor to Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, who resigned as the Minister of Defence on Monday.
General Musa, who will be 59 years old on December 25, 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. Born in Sokoto in 1967, General Musa received his primary and secondary education there before attending the College of Advanced Studies in Zaria.
General Musa finished in 1986 and enrolled at the Nigerian Defence Academy the same year, earning a Bachelor of Science degree upon graduation in 1991.
He was commissioned into the Nigerian Army as a Second Lieutenant in 1991 and has since had a distinguished career.
Some of his appointments include General Staff Officer 1, Training/Operations at HQ 81 Division; Commanding Officer, 73 Battalion; Assistant Director, Operational Requirements, Department of Army Policy and Plans; and Infantry Representative/Member, Training Team, HQ Nigerian Army Armour Corps.
In 2019, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of Staff, Training/Operations, Headquarters Infantry Centre and Corps; Commander, Sector 3, Operation Lafiya Dole; and Commander, Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force in the Lake Chad Region.
In 2021, General Musa was appointed Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai. He later became Commander of the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps before being appointed Chief of Defence Staff by President Tinubu in 2023.
In the letter sent to the Senate, the President expressed confidence in General Musa’s ability to lead the Ministry of Defence and further strengthen Nigeria’s security system.
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