President Tinubu appoints a national coordinator for the National Counter-Terrorism Centre

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Major-General Adamu Garba Laka as the new national coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Centre under the Office of the National Security Adviser. In a statement by the president’s special adviser to the president on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, “General Laka served in various capacities in the North-East, Nigeria, where he deployed tactical means to degrade terrorist groups. He also served in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo under the United Nations and was part of the Nigerian contingent in the US AFRICOM exercise in Senegal. He holds a master’s degree in National Security from the National Defence University, Pakistan, and in International Affairs and Strategic Studies from, the Nigerian Defence Academy. The President anticipates that General Laka will bring his vast experience into this critical role to effectively remove security threats through pre-emptive, proactive, and diligent counter-terrorism coordination.