WHY I RESIGNED AS NIA DG – ABUBAKAR

WHY I RESIGNED AS NIA DG – ABUBAKAR

The outgoing Director General of National Intelligency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has explained why he tendered his resignation after meeting with the President.

According to him, he resigned for some “no serious family issues”

In his words: ‘It’s a routine thing from time to time to brief Mr President on situations, on issues and today is no exception.

“After the briefing, actually 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 Presidents at a stretch, at a whole.

“So, I thanked him very well and promises to remain professionally dedicated to our country and to noble causes.

“There are quite a number of reasons one will do that (resign), some personal family issues but nothing serious actually and the friendship will continue. I discussed personally with Mr President and he understood very well.”

Abubakar was first appointed Director General (DG) of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in 2018 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who extended his stay in office in December 2021.

Until his appointment, he was Senior Special Assistant to the former President on International Affairs/International Relations.