DSS Director General Yusuf Bichi has resigned.
Glamtush reports that the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, has resigned.
This online news platform understands that his resignation was made known in a statement signed by the media aide to President Bola Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale on Monday.
Ngelale also announced the appointment of new Directors-General for the DSS and the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), whose DG Ahmed Abubakar had earlier tendered his resignation to the President on Saturday.
While Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi replaces Bichi as the new Director-General of the DSS, Mohammed Mohammed replaces Abubakar the new Director-General of the NIA.
Bichi made a steady career in the DSS where he rose to the highest rank.
He served variously in different capacities including as the State Director of Security (SDS) in Jigawa, Niger, Sokoto and Abia States.
He also served as a Director in all the National Headquarter Directorates namely; Security Enforcement, Operations, Intelligence, Inspectorate, Administration and Finance, National Assembly Liaison and the State Services Academy, Lagos, one of the training institutions of the Service.
Bichi was appointed the DG of the DSS by former President Muhammadu Buhari in September 2018.
