President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of new directors-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). According to a statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new director-general of the NIA. He replaces Ahmed Abubakar Rufai who resigned his appointment on Saturday.
Also, Yusuf Magaji Bichi yesterday resigned as the director-general of the Department of State Services. Consequently, he was replaced by Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi. Presidential spokesman Ngelale said Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995.
According to him, he had served in various roles, culminating in his promotion to the rank of director and his subsequent appointment as the head of the Nigerian mission to Libya. “The 1990 graduate of Bayero University, Kano, had served in North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, and at the State House, Abuja. “The new DSS director-general, Mr Adeola Ajayi, rose to attain his current post of assistant director-general of the Service.
At various times, he had served as state director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi,” he said. He said the new appointments follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs. According to him, President Tinubu expects that the new security chiefs will work diligently to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results and to bring their experience to bear in t.