Defence Minister Bashir Salihi Magashi – In post since August 2019 the retired general from Kano State is a figurehead a Buhari loyalist with influence over defence expenditure but little sway over strategy...

The other executive insider will be the new Defence Minister Major-General Bashir Salihi Magashi a lawyer and former commander of the Brigade of Guards who held senior posts in the military juntas of Ibrahim Babangida and Sani Abacha (AC Vol 60 No 15 The Gang of 43 breaks cover)...

These include retired general Bashir Salihi Magashi (Kano 70) whose last stint in government was thirty years ago as military governor of Sokoto State during General Ibrahim Babangida's regime...

Bashir Magashi should appear as prosecution witnesses; that would have given Diya a chance to cross-examine them...

Bashir Magashi 12...

Abdullahi Muktar John Inienger Victor Malu and Brigadier Bashir Magashi - have served in Ecomog and have commanded the more battle-hardened battalions...

Bashir Magashi; Lagos Garrison Commander Maj...

Bashir Magashi; and the Commander of the Lagos Garrison and chairman of the 1995 coup plot tribunal Patrick Aziza...