Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), has resigned after meeting with President Bola Tinubu
Abubakar, appointed by former President Muhammadu Buhari seven years ago, thanked the President for the opportunity to serve and stated that his resignation was for personal and family reasons.
He emphasized that his departure was not due to any serious issues and that he would remain dedicated to the country’s security and noble causes.
Abubakar, a 71-year-old retired career foreign service officer, had his tenure extended in 2021 and has mentored many younger officers who can take over his role.
His resignation was accepted by President Tinubu, and he will be remembered for his service under two presidents.
In a released statement, it says:
“This is a routine meeting, from time to time we brief Mr President on the situations and today is no exception. After the briefing today, I tendered my resignation and Mr. President graciously approved and accepted the resignation.
“I thanked him for giving me the opportunity to serve Nigeria under his transformational leadership, for an extended period of 15 months, which is very rare, by the way, to have the opportunity to serve two President at a stretch. So I thanked him very well, and I promised to remain professional as professionally dedicated to our country and to noble causes.”
“There are quite a number of reasons for one to do that, some personal, family issues, but nothing very serious, actually, and the friendship will continue. I discussed with Mr. President, he understood very well, and I promise to remain with the issues and the security situations of the country.
“This is the seventh year and the opportunity to mentor younger officers to come up, and now we have a lot of many officers who can do this job.”
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