President Bola Tinubu has appointed Directors-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS).
While Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed will be in charge of the NIA, Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi is to report at the DSS.
Mohammed 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 served in North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan, and at the State House, Abuja.
Ajayi rose through the ranks to attain his current post of Assistant Director-General of the service. At various times, he served as State Director in Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers, and Kogi.
The appointments follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs.
President Tinubu said he expected that the new security chiefs to 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.
He thanked the outgoing Directors-General of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation while wishing them success in their future endeavours.
