By Chibuike Nwabuko
ABUJA FCT – Legal practitioner Barrister Daniel Bwala has reacted to the replacement of the Directors General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and his counterpart at Department of State Services (DSS), saying by those appointments, President Bola Tinubu is restoring the system that recognizes career progression and renewed commitment of the services personnel.
Bwala further stated that such steps also create hunger for growth, and enhances the morale of personnel and operatives of these institutions. Adding that Tinubu is again re-defining order and strengthening institutions.
He disclosed this in a statement released via his X account on Tuesday.
Precise Post recalls that Tinubu on Monday appointed Mohammed Mohammed as the new NIA boss following the resignations of Ahmed Rufai on Friday and also appointed Adeola Ajayi as new DG of DSS to replace Yusuf Bichi.
In a statement on Monday, presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said the fresh appointments followed the resignations of Ahmed Rufai of the NIA and Yusuf Bichi of the DSS.
Recall that Tinubu had retained Bichi and Rufai in June 2023 when he fired all service chiefs and heads of security agencies.
The new NIA boss 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.
Before his new appointment as DSS DG, Ajayi rose through the ranks to attain the 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 bedevilling 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 said.
