(By Dennis Kakaba and Zare Baba)
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Major-General Adamu Garba Laka as the new Coordinator of the National Counter-Terrorism Center.
The National Counter-Terrorism Center is under the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) Mallam Nuru Ribadu.
General Laka, whose appointment as the new coordinator was announced by the Presidency had served in the North East and Sierra Leone.
He also served in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, otherwise called MONUSCO.
General Laka 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, Nigerian Defence Academy.
The National Counter-Terrorism Center was established as the coordinating body to counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the country.
It is staffed by representatives from government agencies and departments, and it houses Nigeria’s Joint Terrorism Analysis Branch, National Counter Terrorism Strategy, Explosive Devices Analysis Office and the Preventing Countering Violent Extremism Unit.
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