State House sources quoted Abubakar as saying President Tinubu has accepted his resignation.
The Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, has reportedly dropped his resignation letter on the desk of President Bola Tinubu.
Abubakar’s resignation, confirmed by State House correspondents, comes six years after assuming the agency’s leadership.
He was first appointed in 2018 by former President Muhammadu Buhari, who extended his tenure in office to December 2021.
State House sources quoted Abubakar as saying President Tinubu has accepted his resignation, which he described as routine.
“DG, National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar tenders resignation to President Tinubu,” a Presidential source affirmed.
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