Why Tinubu sacked Bichi as DSS boss

• Appoints caller DGs for NIA, DSS
• DSS spokesperson tags caller DG a thoroughbred

Facts have emerged connected the reasons down the removal from bureau of the Director-General (DG), Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Yusuf Bichi.

Sources hinted that President Bola Tinubu was removing anyone causing stumbling blocks successful the efforts of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, towards stamping retired terrorists.

“Ribadu feels Bichi has been sabotaging his coordinating efforts to transportation retired the marching bid fixed by the President to escaped the state of terrorists and kidnappers,” a root told The Guardian, yesterday.

Tinubu, yesterday, approved the assignment of Mohammed Mohammed arsenic the caller DG of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Adeola Ajayi arsenic Bichi’s replacement astatine DSS.

DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, has described the caller DSS brag arsenic a “thoroughbred”.

He said: “Ajayi is simply a thoroughbred and versatile quality officer. Recruited into the work successful 1990 arsenic a cadet officer, the caller DG has received respective trainings successful divers areas of management, information leadership, captious thinking, quality resources among others from wrong and extracurricular the country. He is diligent, resilient, urbane, proactive and analytic. He comes to his caller presumption with experience, capableness and immense goodwill.

“While wishing the outgoing DG, Bichi, occurrence successful his aboriginal endeavours. Management and unit of the work invited the caller DG and guarantee him of their cooperation, enactment and loyalty.”

Bichi’s abrupt dismissal, announced successful a terse connection from the Presidency, has near galore wondering what could person triggered specified a drastic decision.

Ajayi roseate done the ranks to Assistant Director-General of DSS. He had, astatine assorted times, served arsenic Director successful Bauchi, Enugu, Bayelsa, Rivers and Kogi states.

On his part, Mohammed has had an illustrious vocation successful the overseas work since joining the NIA successful 1995. He had served successful assorted roles, culminating successful his promotion to the fertile of Director and his consequent assignment arsenic the caput of the Nigerian Mission to Libya.

The 1990 postgraduate of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), had served successful North Korea, Pakistan, Sudan and astatine the State House, Abuja.

Tinubu charged the caller information chiefs to enactment assiduously to reposition the 2 quality agencies for amended results and tasked them to bring their acquisition to carnivore successful tackling the information challenges bedevilling the state done enhanced collaboration with sister agencies and successful alignment with the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA).

In a connection by his Special Adviser connected Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, yesterday, the President thanked the outgoing DGs of the 2 quality agencies for their services to the federation portion wishing them occurrence successful their aboriginal endeavours.