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Also known as: SSS [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Classified as: State Security Service (Internal Security) [+]

Areas of operation

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Area of Operation First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigeria [+] 1986 [+]

Sites

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Site First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Nigeria [+] 1986 [+]

Memberships

Multi-unit organizations that this unit is part of
Name Country Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order I [+] Nigeria [+] JTF [+]
JTF ORO [+]
JTF Operation Restore Order [+]
JTF in Borno State [+]
JTF in Maiduguri, Borno State [+]
JTORO [+]
Joint Special Task Force in Maiduguri [+]
Joint TASK Force MAIDUGURI [+]
Joint Task Force (JTF) tagged "Operation Restore Peace" [+]
Joint Task Force in Borno [+]
Joint Task Force in Borno State [+]
Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State [+]
Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order [+]
ORO I [+]
operation restore peace [+] 		Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 		15 November 2012 [+]

Parent units

All units that have held a command position over this unit.
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Subsidiaries

Name Other Names Classification First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Directorate of Security Enforcement (State Security Service) [+] Security Enforcement [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 November 2021 [+]
Directorate of Operations (State Security Service) [+] Operations [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 November 2021 [+]
Directorate of Intelligence (State Security Service) [+] Intelligence [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 November 2021 [+]
Directorate of Inspection (State Security Service) [+] Inspectorate [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 November 2021 [+]
Directorate of Administration and Finance (State Security Service) [+] Administration and Finance [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 November 2021 [+]
Abia State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 13 November 2010 [+]
Adamawa State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 2 October 2012 [+]
Akwa Ibom State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 25 March 2012 [+]
Anambra State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 24 February 2006 [+]
Bauchi State Command (State Security Service) [+] DSS [+]
SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 8 May 2009 [+]
Bayelsa State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service, SSS [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 January 2011 [+]
Benue State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1 March 2013 [+]
Borno State Command (State Security Service) [+] DSS [+]
DSS state command [+]
SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 18 October 2011 [+]
Cross River State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 22 March 2012 [+]
Delta State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1991 [+]
Ebonyi State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1996 [+]
Edo State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+]
State Security Services [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 18 September 2002 [+]
Ekiti State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+]
State Police [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1996 [+]
Enugu State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 16 November 2003 [+]
Federal Capital Territory Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+]
SSS FCT [+]
State Security Service, Federal Capital Territory [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 July 2012 [+]
Gombe State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 6 April 2012 [+]
Imo State Command (State Security Service) [+] Imo State Command (State Security Service) [+]
SSS [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 15 March 2012 [+]
Jigawa State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1991 [+]
Kaduna State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service in Kaduna [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 16 April 2011 [+]
Kano State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 3 May 2012 [+]
Katsina State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 28 August 2008 [+]
Kebbi State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS in Kebbi State [+]
State Security Service in Kebbi State [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 25 May 2012 [+]
Kogi State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 22 April 2012 [+]
Kwara State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 17 May 2004 [+]
Lagos State Command (State Security Service) [+] DSS [+]
DSS state command [+]
SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 2 December 2003 [+]
Nasarawa State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 21 February 2011 [+]
Niger State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 20 September 2011 [+]
Ogun State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 6 October 2008 [+]
Ondo State Command (State Security Service) [+] DSS [+]
SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 28 January 2004 [+]
Osun State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1 June 2011 [+]
Oyo State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+]
State Security Services, Oyo State [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 1991 [+]
Plateau State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 19 May 2004 [+]
Rivers State Command (State Security Service) [+] Rivers State Command of DSS [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 15 February 2011 [+]
Sokoto State Command (State Security Service) [+] Department of State Security Service SSS in Sokoto State [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 13 October 2011 [+]
Taraba State Command (State Security Service) [+] SSS [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 30 July 2009 [+]
Yobe State Command (State Security Service) [+] DSS [+]
SSS [+]
State Security Service [+] 		State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 26 December 2011 [+]
Zamfara State Command (State Security Service) [+] State Security Services in the state [+] State Security Service (Internal Security) [+] 11 August 2009 [+]

Personnel

Table showing personnel linked to this unit in command, administrative and other roles
Name Rank Role Official Title First Cited Date Last Cited Date
Ita Ekpeyong [+] None Commander [+] September 2010 [+] July 2015 [+]
Peter Nwaoduah [+] None Commander [+] October 1992 [+] June 1998 [+]
Ismaila Gwarzo [+] None Commander [+] August 1986 [+] June 1990 [+]
Kayode Are [+] None Commander [+] May 1999 [+] August 2007 [+]
Matthew Seiyefa [+] None Commander [+] August 2018 [+] 13 September 2018 [+]
Yusuf Magaji Bichi [+] None Commander [+] Director General [+] 14 September 2018 [+] 22 December 2021 [+]
Yusuf Magaji Bichi [+] None National Assembly Liaison [+]
Albert Horsfall [+] None Commander [+] October 1990 [+] October 1992 [+]
Lawal Musa Daura [+] None Commander [+] July 2015 [+] August 2018 [+]
Afakriya Gadzama [+] None Commander [+] August 2007 [+] September 2010 [+]

Sources

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