President Buhari fires SSS DG, Ita Ekpenyong, appoints Lawal as replacement
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The Director General of the State Security Service, Ita Ekpenyong, has been fired by President Muhammadu Buhari, with Lawal Musa Daura appointed as new SSS DG.
Mr. Ekpenyong's removal and appointment of his replacement was announced Thursday by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, through a statement by the Director of Communications in his office, Haruna Imrana.
This was countered by former SSS Director General who said he was not fired but resigned at about 10 a.m. Thursday.
Though the claim could not be independently verified at the time of this report, a presidency source said even if he resigned, he was compelled to do.
“If he was instructed to submit a resignation letter, is that not a sack?” the source said.
Ekpeyong's replacement Mr. Daura, is returning to the SSS from retirement,and was born in Daura, Katsina State, on August, 5, 1953.
He attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980.
He started his career 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 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, the statement said.
Mr. Daura becomes the sixth director general of the SSS, one of the three security agencies created out of the defunct National Security Organisation in 1986.
Ekpenyong, was appointed DG of the agency on September 8, 2010.
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