NIA DG tenders resignation to Tinubu

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By Jimisayo Opanuga

24 August 2024 | 8:11 p.m.

The Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has tendered his resignation to President Bola Tinubu connected Saturday. Abubakar confirmed that his resignation had been accepted by the president, but declined to elaborate connected the circumstantial reasons down his decision. “It’s a regular happening from clip to clip to little the…

The Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has tendered his resignation to President Bola Tinubu connected Saturday.

Abubakar confirmed that his resignation had been accepted by the president, but declined to elaborate connected the circumstantial reasons down his decision.

“It’s a regular happening from clip to clip to little the president connected situations, and contiguous is nary exception. After the briefing today, I tendered my resignation and Mr. President graciously approved and accepted the resignation,” Abubakar told State House correspondents.

“I thanked him for giving maine the accidental to service Nigeria nether his transformational enactment for a period, for an extended play of 15 months. It is precise rare, by the way, to person the accidental to service 2 presidents. So, I thanked him precise well, and I promised to stay professionally dedicated to our state and noble causes.

“I’m very, precise grateful for the accidental that the president gave me—actually to service the state and his leadership—the encouragement I got, the assurance helium had successful maine and my service, the accidental to perceive to me, to work briefing notes and advice, and truthful on. I deliberation this is everything to me, and I person had the accidental to mentor officers and unit for each the clip I person been DG. This is the seventh year, by the way.”

When pressed for reasons for his resignation, Abubakar hinted astatine idiosyncratic household issues, stating, “There are rather a fig of reasons 1 volition bash that, immoderate idiosyncratic household issues, but thing precise serious, actually, and the relationship volition continue. I discussed this with Mr President, and helium understood precise well.”

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