Fomer Director-General (D-G) of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Amb. Ahmed Abubakar received warm reception from the Katsina Emirate Council and Katsina residents his return home on Friday......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
The ex-NIA D-G who voluntarily resigned his position last Saturday was received by officials of the emirate council, family members, friends and well wishers on his return to Katsina, his home town.
Abubakar, who is also the Sardaunan Katsina landed at the Umaru Musa Yar’adua airport and his motorcade passed through the streets of Katsina where he received praises by residents.
He also went to the palace of the Emir.
At the palace, he condoled with the Emir, Dr Abdulmuminu Kabir-Usman, over the dead of his younger brother, Hassan Kabir-Usman.
Hassan, also the Sarkin Dawakin Cikin Gida, died recently after a brief illness.
The Ex-NIA boss commended the emirate council for the support given to him throughout his years of service in the country’s security intelligence body and pledged to continue to give the emirate council necessary support required.
The emir welcomed Abubakar to Katsina and commended him for serving the nation meritoriously.
The former D-G, who spent seven years in office, serving two administrations of former President Muhammadu Buhari and Bola Tinubu, announced his resignation on Aug. 24, after meeting with Tinubu in Abuja.
Appointed the intelligence chief in 2018,
he said he resigned due to “personal, family issues.”
An indigene of Katsina State, the 71-year-old retired career foreign service officer bagged his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in French from Bayero University, Kano (BUK).
Apart from French, he also speaks English and Arabic.
(NAN)
BREAKING: Ex-NIA Boss, Ahmed Abubakar, Gets Warm Reception From Katsina Emirate, Residents