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| President Muhammadu Buhari |
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday appointed Air
Vice Marshal Mohammed Saliu Usman as the new Chief of Defence Intelligence
(CDI) for the armed forces to take over from Major General John
Sarduana Davies, who had been acting since January this year, when the former
CDI, Air Vice Marshal Monday Morgan retired.
According to the Armed Forces Statutes, the
position of Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI), which is the apex in the
intelligence community, is rotational among the services.
With the Army and the Navy serving their terms
of three years, it fell on the Air Force but AVM Morgan who got appointed when
President Muhammadu Buhari assumed office in 2015, was caught up with (ROD),
‘run out date’ and had to retire.
Major General Davies was therefore appointed
in an acting capacity until a suitable CDI whose recommendation was approved
by President Buhari was appointed...
Air
Vice Marshal Usman, was until his appointment, the Director of Air Intelligence
at NAF HQ. He had served at the Defence Intelligence Agency as the Director of
Intelligence before he was appointed Director of Air Intelligence.
In
his career, he was an instructor at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College,
Jaji and the Defence Intelligence School, Abuja. He was also a onetime Security
Officer to a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Isaac Alfa (rtd).
Speaking
while taking over at DIA, AVM Usman registered his gratitude to God and to
President Buhari for the appointment and pledged to put in his best in
reciprocation of the gesture, and essentially to ensure all the armed forces
are harmonized for optimum services and security for the nation.
The
CDI equally poured encomiums on Major General Davies for his services to the
nation attesting that during the short tenure as Acting CDI, he took the
organization to a very high level and therefore pledged to continue from where
he stopped.
“Eight
months ago, I was posted from here (DIA), to the NAF headquarters. I never knew
that I will come back this way.
“I
have taken it as an act of God. My doors will be open to all and I will be fair
to all and I will carry everybody along”, he told officers and men of the
Agency.
“I
want to urge all of you to be up and doing because we are in challenging times.
Let us put integrity into all that we are doing. Let us consider DIA as one
family and let our actions speak for us” he said.
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