THE TRUTH ABOUT NIA DIRECTOR GENERAL, AHMED RUFAI ABUBAKAR

Date:

By Tayo Joseph Lagos

A lot of half-truths, misinformation, and outright falsehood have attended the announcement of a new Director-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), in the person of Mr Ahmed Rufai Abubakar .

Some of such unfounded stories include that Abubakar had retired from the services of NIA as an Assistant Director, because he failed promotion examinations twice, and had to quit, willy-nilly. Others claim he is married to a Moroccan, and so cannot hold such sensitive security position, while others say he was born and bred in Chad, and he holds dual nationality. All these have been widely disseminated on the social, and some mainstream media. With the formal assumption of office by Mr Abubakar, it is now necessary to set the facts straight.

READ ALSO  KWANKWASO DECLARATION: FG TURNS DOWN REQUEST TO USE EAGLE SQUARE

The new NIA DG retired from Foreign Service as Deputy Director (not Assistant Director) and three times during his career, had won Merit Award for competence and meritorious service. Failing promotion examination can only exist in the fecund minds of fiction writers. His last position before the new appointment was as Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs/International Affairs where again he quietly proved himself.

Abubakar’s parents hailed from Katsina State, and had settled in Chad at a point in their lifetime. The new DG did his primary school in Ndjamena (then Fort-Lamy), but returned to Nigeria for his secondary and University education. He never at any time held Chadian nationality.

READ ALSO  Shooting In Villa: PDP Alarmed, Charges President Buhari to Speak Out

Mr Abubakar’s only wife hails from Katsina State, indeed, from the same community as the husband. The story of being married to a Moroccan can only be tale by moonlight, concocted by people who love a fib.

The President appointed the new DG because he had worked closely with him in the past two years, and sincerely believes that he would add value to the NIA.

spot_img

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related

LAGOS TO COLLABORATE WITH META PLATFORM TO DEEPEN DIGITAL SPACE

LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE...

Zenith Bank Joins Fidelity In The Appointment Of Female GMD/ CEO

Zenith Bank Joins Fidelity In The Appointment Of Female...

2 Female Nasarawa Varsity Students Killed in Stampede During Palliatives Distribution on Campus

  Two students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have reportedly...