Senator Walid Jibrin has been announced as his replacement.

Mohammed is currently standing trial for his alleged involvement in the $2.1 billion arms purchase scam, allegedly spearheaded by the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, who is also standing trial over the scam.Jibrin, before his elevation on Wednesday was the Secretary of the BoT.

He would occupy his current position pending the appointment of a substantive chairman.

He still remains the substantive BoT Secretary for the time being.

The decision changing the leadership of the BoT was conveyed by Jibrin at a briefing in Abuja on Wednesday.It was also listed in a communiqué issued after a meeting of the BoT held at the Transcorp Hiltop hotel Abuja

Addressing journalists on the development, Jibrin said the Northeast zone would meet next week to pick a national chairman to replace Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu who resigned in May last year.