Matthew Seiyefa
Matthew Seiyefa MNI is a Nigerian security intelligence agent who was the Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service from 7 August 2018 until 14 September 2018; he was appointed by Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.
Background and education
He was born in October 1960 in Ekeremor in Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria. He received a bachelor's degree from University of Jos in 1982 and also trained at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Nigeria.In 1984, Seiyefa joined the National Security Organization which was later replaced in 1985 with the State Security Service. He eventually became Director of the Institute of Security Studies in Abuja