President Buhari’s aide and nephew Sabiu Tunde Yusuf, has debunked reports that he has been appointed an assistant director at the National Intelligence Agency(NIA).
Speaking to P.M. News in a telephone interview, Sabiu swore that the reports have no iota of truth in them, adding that his attention was drawn to the report when people began congratulating him for a new job.
“How could I have been appointed into NIA, an institution that works under cover?”, he said.
According to the presidential aide, the ‘fake news’ was propagated by forces within the agency, who are not happy with the current Director-general, Abubakar Ahmed.
It would be recalled that an online newspaper, Peoples Gazette reported that Yusuf has been surreptitiously appointed by Buhari into NIA.
According to the report:
“Sabiu “Tunde” Yusuf, a nephew and domestic but influential aide to Mr. Buhari, was recently admitted as an assistant director at the nation’s external intelligence outfit, the Gazette understands based on information first volunteered by two presidency officials before additional corroboration from an NIA chief.
“Mr. Buhari inserted Mr. Yusuf into the NIA even as he lacked requisite field and administrative experience to handle the rigours of the crucial intelligence top job.
“Mr. Buhari has declined to make the appointment public to avoid yet another round of public clamour over his bias for northern supremacy in public service. But officials familiar with it have now informed the Gazette and excoriated the president for being unable to recognise the benefits of inclusive national patronage”.
Sabiu Yusuf said the truth will ‘come out’, one day.
