Abubakar personally tendered his resignation to President Tinubu earlier today August 24 at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Speaking to newsmen after seeing the President. Abubakar said;“There are quite a number of reasons one will do that. Some personal family issues, but nothing very serious, actually, and the friendship will continue. I discussed with Mr. President, he understood very well, and I promised to remain steadfast with issues and the security situations of the country.”

Abubakar said he resigned after visiting the President for a routine briefing at the Villa.“It’s a routine thing, from time to time, to brief Mr. President on situations, on issues, and today is no exception. After the briefing, I tendered my resignation and Mr. President graciously approved and accepted the resignation. I thanked him for giving me the opportunity to serve Nigeria under his transformational leadership for an extended period of 15 months, which is very rare,” he said.

Abubakar was appointed DG of the NIA in 2018 by former President Muhammadu Buhari.