10:10pm, 2/7/2015
By Dickson Blessing
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director General of the State Security Service, Ita Ekpenyong.
Lawal Musa Daura has been apointed as new head of the agency, which serves as Nigeria’s secret police. The appointment was conveyed today 2nd of July in a letter by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Barrister Danladi Kifasi.
Lawal Musa Daura profile reads that he was born in Daura on the 5th of August, 1953 and attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980. He also started his carrier in the State Security Service in 1982 and rose to the rank of Director.
He was at one time the Deputy Director Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre at the Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007. He also served as the State Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Lagos, Osun and Imo States.
He attended various professional courses both home and abroad including the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, (NIPSS) Kuru.
The appointment is with immediate effect.
