Immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa (retd.), on Friday said he was leaving office “with a clear conscience,” having given his best to the Nigerian Armed Forces and the fight against insecurity.
Speaking at his pull-out parade in Abuja, Musa said he served the country with dedication and accountability throughout his nearly four decades in the military, expressing appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for appointing him Chief of Defence Staff, an honour he said, he did not take for granted.
While pledging loyalty to President Tinubu and the country even in retirement, the retired defence chief stressed that the fight against insecurity requires stronger collaboration among security and intelligence agencies, noting that the military cannot achieve success alone.
Musa also appealed to Nigerians to continue praying for troops on the frontline, saying the successes recorded so far were achieved through collective effort.
“I want to state this clearly, that there is no single institution, no single organisation that can win this war alone. We must synergise, we must collaborate, we must fight together, and I appeal to all Nigerians to pray for our troops, to pray for our security forces so that we can win — and together we shall succeed. Nigeria shall continue to develop,” he said.
Musa congratulated his successor, General Olufemi Oluyede, and other service chiefs, urging officers and personnel to extend to them the same loyalty and professionalism.