Nigeria, June 8 -- One of the greatest leaders, elder statesmen and politicians that Nigeria ever had was Alhaji Umaru Shinkafi (OFR), the Marafan Sokoto.

He was a respected lawyer and a highly acclaimed and eagle-eyed police officer, who in 1979, during the administration of President Shehu Shagari, was appointed as the head of the now defunct Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO), Nigeria's premier and dreaded intelligence agency.

He was the father and founder of Nigeria's three-tier Intelligence agencies of the State Security Service (SSS), National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI). And these agencies were all established as a consequence of the recommendations of the committee that he heade...