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From Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has appointed new Directors-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS) following the resignation of their predecessors.
According to a statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the NIA will be led by Mohammed Mohamed, who has had an illustrious career in the foreign service since joining the NIA in 1995.
He 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, 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.
His appoinrtment was received with celebration in the DSS. He is widely considered to be a brilliant and committed professional. “ We are happy that this appointment came , everybody knows his worth”, a senior DSS personnel told Daily Sun.
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).
He thanked the outgoing DG of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation while wishing them success in their future endeavours.
