The Appeal Court, Abuja Division has reinstated Mohammed Dauda as the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA).
The court also awarded the sum of N1 million to the dismissed DG against the NIA.
Justice Peter Ige who delivered the judgement held that Dauda should be allowed to retire in service in accordance with the stipulated laws and resolved all the contentious issues against NIA in favour of the respondent.
Dauda it will be recall acted as the head of security agency from November 2017 to January 2018, when he was replaced by an aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Challenging his removal, Dauda argued that in contravention of the law, no special management staff of the disciplinary committee (SMSDC) was set up to investigate the charges against him, adding that he was not given a fair hearing.
