Mohammed Lawal Rafindadi (1934–2007) was a Nigerian diplomat and security chief from Katsina state.
He served as Nigeria's Ambassador to West Germany between 1981 and 1983 and later as the third and last Director-General of the National Security Organization (NSO).
He then proceeded to Provincial Secondary School, Katsina (1948-1953) and in 1954, he attended Clerical Training College, Zaria.
In 1961, he transferred services to the Federal Ministry of External Affairs where he ended his career as Nigeria's top diplomat in West Germany in 1983.
However, a military coup in August 1985 toppled Buhari's regime, the coupists led by Ibrahim Babangida then placed Rafindadi in solitary confinement for 40 months.