By Chesa Chesa
Two days after accepting the resignation erstwhile Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Rafai Abubakar, President Bola Tinubu has replaced the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi.
The President subsequently appointed their replacements on Monday, as announced by presidential, Ajuri Ngelale.
He said via a press statement that Tinubu appointed Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed is the new Director-General of the NIA; and Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as the new Director-General of the DSS.
According to the statement, the new appointments “follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs”.
It noted that Ambassador Mohammed has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995. 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 statement also explained that Mr. Adeola Ajayi, rose through the ranks to attain his current post of Assistant Director-General of the Service. He had, at various times, served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi.
“President Tinubu expects that the new security chiefs will work assiduously to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results and charges them to bring their experience to bear in tackling the security challenges bedeviling the country through enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and in surgical alignment with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).
“The President thanks the outgoing Directors-General of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation while wishing them success in their future endeavours”, Ngelale added.
