President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Mohammad Usman as the new Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI). He took over from acting Chief of Defence Intelligence, Major General Sardauna Davies.
AVM Usman assumed duty on Saturday at the Headquarters of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) after a ceremony, made it clear that intelligence gathering is the only way to handle insecurity in the country.
According to him, all forms of security challenges need some form of intelligence for security forces to overcome, even as he challenged the intelligence community to think outside the box in other to deliver its mandate.
He said that there is no finishing line in the race to add value to society. [myad]