General Chris Musa (rtd), Minister of Defence, has said he cannot afford to fail Nigerians.

Musa, who was appointed by President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, said this during his screening at the Senate, on Wednesday.

The Minister thanked the president for appointing him and Nigerians for having confidence in him.

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He promised to give his best to restoring peace in the land.

“On expectations, I can tell you, I am also feeling the heat; because when I see the reactions after my name was mentioned, I knew that I could not afford to fail myself, fail my nation, fail my family. Whatever that we need to do, we will put in the very best and I know with God on our side, we are going to succeed.”

“I really appreciate the responses. I went to social media and I was shocked when I saw the responses. It shows that people are really committed in showing that Nigeria is peaceful.

“So when people go around saying we Nigerians don’t love us, I say no, they don’t really know who Nigerians are. And it also brings me to the issue that we have on the issue of whether genocide or not genocide, we are all victims. Everybody is being killed, everybody is dying.

“So that’s why it’s important that we must work together. And it is when we allow them to have gaps that they penetrate, they don’t care who they kill. These are a bunch of evil people that are on drugs.

“For whatever reason, we must stop the killings. Nigerians must not be killed or anyone in Nigeria must not be killed for whatever reason. So sir, our own target is to face them squarely and ensure that we stop the killings.”