President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as the new Director-General of the State Security Service, self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS).
He replaces Yusuf Magaji Bichi, an appointee of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement issued by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), which announced this on Monday, said Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed has been appointed as the new Director-General of the NIA.
It said Ambassador 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.
The new DSS Director-General, Mr. 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.
According to the statement, the new appointments follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs.
The statement said that 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).
President Tinubu 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.
