Ita Ekpeyong

Ita Ekpeyong
Director General of the State Security Service of Nigeria (en) Satumba 2010 - ga Yuli, 2015
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	Jahar Cross River,
Sana'a

Ita Esien Ekpeyong mni (ko Ekpenyong ) jami'in tsaron Najeriya ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Darakta Janar na Hukumar Tsaron Jiha daga watan Satumba, shekarar 2010 zuwa Yuli 2015 a ƙarƙashin Shugaban Ƙasa Goodluck Jonathan.

Tarihi

An haifi Ekpeyong ne a Jihar Cross River. Ya yi karatu a Jami'ar Calabar, inda ya sami digiri BA (Hons) a fannin Tarihi a shekarar 1982, sannan kuma ya sami digiri na biyu a Falsafa. Shi ne darekta na farko a Cibiyar Nazarin Tsaro a Abuja, makarantar horar da jami'an leken asiri. Daga nan aka naɗa shi a matsayin darektan Cibiyar Ci gaban Ma'aikata ta SSS a Bauchi. Ekpenyong ya kuma rike mukamin darektan SSS a jihohin Bauchi, Kwara, Legas, Anambra da Babban Birnin Tarayya. Kafin a naɗa shi Darakta Janar, ya kasance mukaddashin Darakta na Kasa (Ayyuka) na SSS. Kokarinsa a zaben gwamna na shekarar 2007 a Jihar Anambra shine aka ce ya rinjayi ra'ayin Jonathan na naɗa shi.

Darakta Janar na SSS

Shugaba Goodluck Jonathan ne ya naɗa Ekpeyong a matsayin Darakta Janar na Hukumar Tsaro ta Jiha a ranar 7 ga watan Satumba, shekarar 2010. Ana ganin Ekpenyong yana iya inganta ra'ayi na jama'a game da SSS, wanda ya kasance mara kyau a baya. Ya ce "Yankin gudanar da tsaro sun ƙaura daga al'adun rashin hukunci zuwa iyakokin abokantaka na mulkin doka, tsari mai kyau, ladabi da ƙwarewa ... Canje-canje na dimokuradiyya da halayensu, kamar tsari mai kyau، mulkin doka da girmama haƙƙin ɗan adam, sun zama masu muhimmanci a gare mu".

Bayan tashin hankali kafin ayi zaɓe a Jihar Benue a watan Maris na shekara ta 2011, SSS ta gayyaci fitattun mutane don yin tambayoyi a hedkwatar SSS a Abuja. Sun haɗa da Adamu Aleiro, Barnabas Gemade, Iyorchia Ayu, Steve Ugpa, Daniel Saror da Shugaban PDP a jihar, Dokta Agbo Emmanuel. Taron, wanda aka gudanar a cikin tantanin kurkuku, ya dauki kimanin sa'o'i biyar. A wani lokaci Ekpenyong ya ba da umarnin a jefar da kira cikin duhu na minti goma don nuna abin da shugabannin za su fuskanta idan tashin hankali ya ci gaba. Bayan tambayoyin wani mai magana da yawun SSS ya ce "an gayyace su ne saboda binciken ya nuna cewa suna bayan tashin hankali na siyasa a lokacin a jihar kuma bayan tambayoyin, sun nuna nadama kuma an ba su umarnin sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya don ba da zaman lafiya a jihar".

Kafin babban Zaben watan Afrilu na shekara ta 2011, Ekpeyong ya tattauna abubuwan da za su iya ragewa game da zaɓen 'yanci da adalci. Wadannan sun haɗa da jigilar makamai ba bisa ka'ida ba, labaran tashin hankali a cikin kafofin watsa labarai, addini, tashin hankali na siyasa da ƙungiyoyin Islama masu tsattsauran ra'ayi kamar Boko Haram. Tun da farko, ya yi magana game da "ƙaryata wuraren da wasu gwamnatocin jihohi suka yi wa jam'iyyun adawa". Ya ce SSS za ta samar da tsaro ga dukkan jam'iyyun a duk lokacin zaben, kuma za ta tabbatar da cewa dukkan jam'yyun suna da filin wasa. A ranar 2 ga watan Yulin shekara ta 2015, Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari ya sallame Ekpeyong kuma Lawal Musa Daura ya maye gurbinsa wanda ya yi ritaya daga jihar hukumar.

Kamawa

A watan Agustan shekarar 2018, Hukumar Kula da Laifukan Tattalin Arziki da Kudi (EFCC) ta kama Ekpeyong kuma daga baya ta sake shi kan zargin shiga cikin yarjejeniyar makamai ta dala biliyan 2.