The Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed RUfai Abubakar, explained that he resigned from his office for personal and family reasons.
Recall that Abubakar tendered his resignation to President Tinubu on Saturday, August 24 at the presidential villa, in Abuja.
When interviewed by state house journalists, 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. I discussed with Mr. President, he understood very well, and I promised to remain steadfast with issues and the security situations of the country.”
He said he visited the President for a routine briefing at the Villa.
“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, 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,” he said.
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him DG of the NIA in 2018.
