President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of
Ambassador Ayo Oke as the new Director-General of the National
Intelligence Agency (NIA), a State House press statement said today.
The President Jonathan also approved the appointments of Mr. E.O.
Okafor (Anambra State) as Deputy Director-General (Operations), and Mr.
Arap A. Yadam (Plateau State) as Deputy Director-General
(Administration) of the NIA.
Ambassador Oke, who hails from Oyo State, takes over from Ambassador Ezekiel Olaniyi Oladeji, whose tenure has elapsed.
Ambassador 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.
All the appointments are with immediate effect.
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