President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Ahmed
Rufai Abubakar as the new Director General for the National Intelligence Agency
(NIA).
Abubakar, a retired career foreign service officer, has been a
Senior Special Assistant to the President (SSAP) on Foreign
Affairs/International Relations.
Abubakar had extensive experience working with the United
Nations in peace support operations, mediation process, preventive diplomacy
and good offices, as well as the promotion of good governance and respect for
the rule of law and human rights.
He also briefly served as Senior Adviser at the Multinational
Joint Task Force (MNJTF), with headquarters in Ndjamena, Chad, before his
appointment as SSAP.
Abubakar holds a B.A degree in French Language and Literature,
and an M.A degree in Francophone Maghrebian Literature, both from Bayero
University, Kano. He is also fluent in English and Arabic.
The appointment takes immediate effect.
The former DG of the intelligence agency, Ayo Oke was sacked 30
October 2017, following a long drawn probe into the $43.5m found in an
apartment in Lagos.
The money, which also included £27,800 and some N23million Naira
was linked to Oke. It was found in an empty flat at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi.
Oke, also a career ambassador, was appointed by former president
Goodluck Jonathan in November 2013.
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