Bola Tinubu has nominated former Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa, rtd, as the new Minister of Defence.
In a letter to Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Tinubu disclosed Musa’s nomination as the successor to Mohammed Badaru, who resigned yesterday.
Musa was removed Tinubu in October this year as Chief of Defence Staff and replaced by General Olufemi Oluyede.
A presidential spokesperson, Sunday Dare had in October while defending Musa removal said Tinubu, as Commander-in-Chief, has the authority to make such changes at any time.
“This is routine, meant to boost security across the nation. The Commander-in-Chief can at any time make these changes to both ministerial and service chiefs. In the same way, commanding officers of mechanised divisions can be moved or removed”, Dare explained.
Reacting to General Musa removal, a Plateau State-born clergyman, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo, alleged that the former Chief of Defence Staff, was removed by the Nigerian government because he was able to deal with terrorists and insurgents decisively.
Speaking in the video, Rev. Dachomo said: “Let me tell you why the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa was removed. Christopher Musa was removed because he dealt with the insurgents more than any other CDS, more than Buratai. Buratai was pretending.
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‘We had mass deaths of Christians in the Nigerian Army and the Air Force that were killed by the terrorists. It was planned by Islamic officers.
“We know… Now Christopher is gone because you were shouting we don’t want Christopher because we don’t want him to touch the insurgents that were brought from different countries.
“Now you have succeeded, Christopher has been removed. We will see how Muslims will be killing Muslims in the North. We are Christians, we will never kill, we will never cause problems for you. We will continue to love you, we will continue to like you,” Rev. Dachomo said.
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