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Kwara gov, AbdulRazaq, appoints ex-military Gov, ex-DSS boss as security aides
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday appointed retired Brigadier-General Saliu Bello as his Special Adviser on Security.
He also announced the appointment of Aliyu Muyideen, an intelligence and counterterrorism expert, as Senior Special Assistant on Security.
Read also: Gov Abdulrazaq invites EFCC to probe Kwara local council funds
The governor’s spokesman, Rafiu Ajakaye, who made the announcements in a statement also revealed that the governor appointed Adekunle Dunmade, a professor of Otolaryngology and Director of the University of Ilorin Stem Cell Research Centre, as his Special Adviser on Health Matters to replace Wale Suleiman who resigned on Wednesday.
“Brig.-Gen. Bello, who hails from Erin Ile in Oyun Local Government area of the state was military administrator of Kebbi State between 1993 and 1996.
On his part, Mr Muyideen, is a former principal staff officer, Operations (DSS).
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