President Bola Tinubu has appointed Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi and Amb. Mohammed Mohammed as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) respectively
Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, announced this in a statement on Monday.
Ngelale said that the new appointments follow the resignation of the previous NIA and DSS chiefs.
Ajayi replaced Yusuf Magaji Bichi who was appointed by ex-President Muhammadu Buhari in 2018 while Mohammed also replaced Rufai-Abubakar who resigned as DG, NIA last week.
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.
Meanwhile, 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.
“Ajayi is the new DG, DSS while Mohammed is the new DG, NIA
“The new appointments follow the resignation of the previous DSS and NIA chiefs.
“President Tinubu expects that the new security chiefs will work assiduously to reposition the two intelligence agencies for better results.
“He 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).
“The President thanks the outgoing Directors-General of the two pivotal intelligence agencies for their services to the nation while wishing them success in their future endeavours,” the statement read.