The Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has resigned his position.
Rufai disclosed to State House Correspondents that he tendered his resignation to President Bola Tinubu on Saturday.
“It is a routine thing, from time to time to brief Mr. President on some situations and 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 – to have the opportunity to serve two presidents at a stretch.
“I promise to remain professionally dedicated to our country, and to noble causes”, he said.
Asked why he tendered his resignation at this critical time, he said, “There are quite a number of reasons one would do that. Some personal, family issues. But nothing very serious actually.
“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 stated.
On how the President felt receiving the news of his resignation, he said, “it is not for me to say, probably i will be breaching a protocol, may be the National Security Adviser (NSA) or the President himself will say it.
“But what I can tell you is that I am very grateful for the opportunity that Mr. President gave me to serve the country, and his leadership, the encouragement I got, the confidence he had in me, and in my service, the opportunity to listen to me…this for me is everything,” he said.
