Breaking: Court dismisses suit filed by CAJA over appointment of Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar as NIA boss

Court dismisses suit filed by Center for awareness and Justice Accountability (CAJA) challenging the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar as the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency.

The civil rights group had earlier dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to the Federal High Court in Abuja over the appointment of his former French translator, Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar as the substantial Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).

President Buhari had on January 11th, 2018 appointed Abubakar to head the Nigerian apex intelligence agency, an organization saddled with the external security of the country.