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How Bichi emerged as DG DSS

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Details have emerged of the intrigues that preceded the emergence of Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi as the new Director General of the Department of State Services.

According to several sources close to the presidency, Alhaji Bichi was a compromise candidate between the preferred candidate of some powerful presidential aides and the choice of the president who was said to have preferred a retired military officer to head the nation’s secret service.

….According to various sources that are in the know about the emergence of the new Director General of the DSS, he was neither in contention nor was he among the people being considered for appointment to replace the former Director General, Matthew Seiyefa.

Vanguard, September 15, 2018

 

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