The Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has resigned from his position.
He expressed gratitude to the President for allowing him to serve for the first 15 months of the new administration, having occupied the office since 2018.
When asked why he resigned, Abubakar said: “There are quite a number of reasons one will do that. Some personal family issues, but nothing very serious, actually, and the friendship will continue.
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) is a Nigerian government division tasked with overseeing foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations.
Abubakar, a 71-year-old retired career foreign service officer from Katsina State, joined the security department of the Nigerian Foreign Service in 1993. In 2015, he was appointed senior special assistant to the president (SSAP) on international relations and foreign affairs.
