Gen Christopher Musa: Unbowed by resignation hoax

The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa, must be ruing the false rumours surrounding his purported resignation. On Tuesday, he emerged from a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock Villa to publicly debunk the story, calling it “shocking” and threatening legal action against those behind it. According to Musa, the speculation was the handiwork of mischief-makers unhappy with the military’s recent gains against terrorism—an attempt to distract from progress and inject uncertainty into national security.