Shugaba Bola Tinubu ya nemi tsohon Shugaban Hafsoshin Tsaro (Chief of Defence Staff), Janar Christopher Musa, a matsayin sabon Ministan Tsaro na Najeriya. An sanar da wannan nadin a cikin wata wasika da aka aika wa Shugaban Majalisar Dattawa, Godswill Akpabio, a ranar Talata, bayan da Alhaji Mohammed Badaru ya yi murabus a ranar Litinin saboda dalilan lafiya.

A cikin wasikarsa, Shugaba Tinubu ya nuna cikakken amincewa da ikon Janar Musa na jagorantar Ma’aikatar Tsaro da kuma inganta tsarin tsaron Najeriya. An tabbatar da nadin ne a cikin wata sanarwa da Mashawarcin Musamman na Shugaba akan Bayani da Tsare-Tsare, Bayo Onanuga, ya fitar.

Sanarwar ta bayyana cewa, Janar Musa, mai shekaru 58, babban soja ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Hafsoshin Tsaro daga 2023 har zuwa Oktoba 2025, kuma ya samu lambar yabo ta Colin Powell Award for Soldiering a shekarar 2012.

An haife shi a Sokoto a shekarar 1967, ya kammala karatun firamare da sakandare a gida kafin ya halarci Kwalejin Ci gaban Nazarin Zariya. Ya kammala a 1986 sannan ya shiga Najeriya Defence Academy inda ya samu digirin Bachelor of Science a 1991.

An nada shi a matsayin Second Lieutenant a 1991, Janar Musa ya rike muhimman mukamai ciki har da General Staff Officer 1, Training/Operations a HQ 81 Division, Commanding Officer, 73 Battalion, da Assistant Director, Operational Requirements a Department of Army Policy and Plans. Har ila yau, ya yi aiki a matsayin Infantry Representative, Training Team, HQ Nigerian Army Armour Corps.

A 2019, ya zama Deputy Chief of Staff, Training/Operations a Headquarters Infantry Centre and Corps, Commander, Sector 3, Operation Lafiya Dole, da Commander, Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force a yankin Tafkin Chadi.

A 2021, ya zama Theatre Commander, Operation Hadin Kai, daga baya ya jagoranci Nigerian Army Infantry Corps kafin nadinsa a matsayin Shugaban Hafsoshin Tsaro a 2023.