Barring last minute change, President Bola Tinubu will nominate the immediate Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, to replace Badaru Abubakar as minister of defence.
Mr Abubakar resigned as minister of defence on Monday, citing health grounds.
Credible sources familiar with the development told our reporter that Mr Tinubu had concluded arrangement to replace Mr Abubakar with Mr Musa, yielding to internal pressure for inclusion of ex-military officer into his cabinet.
