This was contained in a statement by Comrade Adewale Benjamin, Convener, and Mustapha S. Tarajo, Co-convener, of the Forum released to journalists in Abuja on Monday.
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This was disclosed in a press release by National Patriots’ Forum, signed by Comrade Adewale Benjamin, the Convener, and Mustapha S. Tarajo, the Co-convener
The position of the group was contained in a statement on Friday
Since its inception 32 years ago , nobody below the rank of a Director has been appointed as its head. This explains why we regard the recent appointment of Ahmed Rufai ABUBAKAR, a man who is on record to have failed to merit elevation to the rank of Director and who has retired from service to come and preside over people who are not only his seniors in rank but who fit into the order of precedence
A member of the committee said the former Acting DG, who was invited by the committee, met with the members behind closed doors
President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Sunday came up with a press release in which he attempted to debunk the widespread criticisms of the appointment of Ahmed as the new DG of NIA
Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, who said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, also debunked the statement that the NIA DG holds dual nationality
A statement issued in Abuja on Saturday by Abiodun Oladunjoye, Deputy Director (Information), Media Unit of the State House, quoted Malam Garba Shehu, a Presidential Spokesman as flaying the negative reports.
It was an evening of accolade, advice and emotion as colleagues and staff in the Office of the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari bade farewell to Abubakar, who until his appointment was a Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs/International Relations in the office of the Chief of Staff.
President Muhammadu Buhari has before been accused of alleged brazen nepotism or cronyism in previous appointments, which his handlers have always defended, albeit lamely, saying the President made his appointments based on track-records and competence.
The committee was also mandated to probe the controversy surrounding the appointment of the new Director-General of the agency, Rufai Abubakar.
It was said to be the property of Folashade Ayo Oke, wife of a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke.
This was contained in a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Wednesday
Buhari said this when he received the report of the Presidential Review Panel on the operational, technical and administrative structure of the National Intelligence Agency at the State House.
The Senate had mandated ad-hoc committee to investigate the face-off between the sister agencies in an attempt to arrest ex-NIA boss, Ayo Oke, and ex-DSS Director General, Ita Ekpeyong.
The summit, tagged: “Aqaba Retreat,” to be hosted by His Majesty, King Abdullah II of Jordan, would also look at ways at reinforcing joint security structures that would be more proactive in preventing attacks
Magu disclosed this on Wednesday when he spoke with State House correspondents in Abuja.
He said nobody, no matter how highly placed, was above the law of the land
The EFCC had on Tuesday attempted to arrest former Ita and Oke in the Abuja residences, moves which their security details resisted
In the move to arrest both men, operatives of the agencies drew their guns, cocked and came close to shooting themselves
This was contained in a statement by the EFCC on Wednesday