By Ladi Gbegi
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Adeola Ajayi as Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS.
Ajayi replaces Yusuf Bichi who occupied the position since his appointment by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018.
In a statement yesterday by his spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, Tinubu made the decision, following the resignation of Bichi as head of the secret police and Ahmed Abubakar as Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA.
“Ambassador Abubakar 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 head of the Nigerian Mission to Libya,” the statement reads.
“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 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.”
The president urged the new security chiefs to work “assiduously” to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results.
He urged 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.
