President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reappointed Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi as the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for another five-year term.
The renewal of his tenure was conveyed in a statement issued on Saturday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
The reappointment took effect from Friday, February 27, 2026, following the expiration of Audi’s initial five-year tenure. He was first appointed to the position in 2021 by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Audi’s first term formally ended on Friday as he participated in activities marking the 2026 World Civil Defence Day at the NSCDC National Headquarters in Abuja. He is expected to resume duties on Monday with a renewed mandate.
Tinubu charged the NSCDC boss to reposition the Corps to play a more strategic role in the country’s security architecture, particularly as the police refocus on their core responsibility of protecting citizens from banditry, kidnapping and terrorism.
Born on September 30, 1967, in Laminga Town, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Audi began his academic journey at Teachers’ College, Jengre, Plateau State, where he obtained a Teachers’ Grade II Certificate in 1987. He later earned a Nigeria Certificate in Education from the College of Education, Akwanga, in 1992.
He proceeded to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in Physical and Health Education in 1995. In 2001, he earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Calabar.
Audi further obtained a PhD in Public Administration from Nasarawa State University in 2014 and later secured a Master’s in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in 2019.
He joined the NSCDC in November 1996 as a volunteer and, after completing his basic officer training in 1997, was deployed as a Divisional Officer in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Over the years, he served in various state commands and was promoted to the rank of Commandant in 2007, before his deployment to the office of the Commandant-General at the National Headquarters in Abuja.
