The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET), an advocacy group, has expressed delight over the appointment of Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
The group said Abubakar has proven to be competent for the job.
In a statement, Isaac Ikpa, executive secretary of the group, said Abubakar’s appointment “shows the administration’s commitment to frontally deal with the security problems facing Nigeria from their respective international dimensions”.
“CESJET wholeheartedly endorse his appointment as one that will further rein in the elements that have been hell-bent on sabotaging Nigeria,” the statement read.
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“We therefore salute the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for making this uniquely apt appointment.
“Having served as a senior adviser in the Multinational Joint Task Force of the regional coalition of countries in the fight against Boko Haram and other trans-border security threats, we have confidence that Mr. Abubakar has sufficient grasp of the security threats with international facets while he has first-hand experience working with the situation. The work he has done at the United Nations place him in vantage position to leverage on his contacts there to get the job done.
“It is however disheartening to discover that the same agents of destabilization that have done all in their power to mess Nigeria up have immediately jumped on Mr. Abubakar’s appointment in their desperation to satisfy their perverted paymasters.”
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