Jonathan appoints Ayo Oke as DG for NIA

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has approved the appointment of Ambassador Ayo Oke as the new Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency.
Ambassador Oke, who hails from Oyo State, takes over from the outgoing Director-General of the Agency, Ambassador Ezekiel Olaniyi Oladeji, whose tenure has elapsed.
Oke is a career diplomat who was formerly at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
Until his appointment as Director-General, he was the Director (Regions) at the Headquarters of the NIA.
Jonathan has similarly approved the appointments of E.O. Okafor (Anambra State) as Deputy Director-General (Operations) and Arap A. Yadam (Plateau State) as Deputy Director-General (Administration) of the NIA.
All three appointments are with immediate effect.