President Bola Tinubu has nominated Christopher Gwabin Musa as the new minister of defence.

In a letter to Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, Tinubu conveyed Musa’s nomination as the successor to Mohammed Badaru Abubakar who resigned on Monday.

Musa, the immediate past chief of defence staff (CDS), met with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Monday.

The meeting was said to be a precursor to a major shake-up by Tinubu in the wake of growing insecurity in the country.