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Also known as: SSS [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

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

Areas of operation


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

Sites


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

List of all sources used to evidence the data in this record Click the "+" symbol next to every data point in the record to see the sources used for that data point.
Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
13 September 2018 The Guardian (Nigeria) Buhari appoints new DSS boss 19 January 2022
18 September 2002 Vanguard 22,000 Registration Forms Disappear in Edo
17 November 2003 This Day State Security Service, Journalists Seek Ways to Harmonise Relationship
02 December 2003 This Day CHOGM: State Security Service Places Officers On Red Alert
28 January 2004 Vanguard Agagu Commends Security Operatives' Contribution to Peace in Ondo
19 May 2004 This Day My Mission in Plateau, By Chris Alli
17 August 2007 Daily Champion New Dimension to Demolition in Abuja
28 August 2008 This Day Katsina's Harvest of Robberies - Who Dunnit?
06 October 2008 Daily Independent Lagos, Ogun in Boundary Dispute Resolution Initiative
30 July 2009 Daily Trust Boko Haram School Closed in Jalingo
11 August 2009 Leadership Zamfara SSS Boss Tasks Journalists On Objectivity
01 March 2010 Daily Trust How Guards Brigade Operates, By Senior Officer
03 March 2010 Daily Trust Guards Brigade Commander Only Answers to President - Ex-Security Chief
15 February 2011 Daily Trust Stampede - Sambo, Bankole in Port-Harcourt as Panel Begins Inquiry
21 February 2011 Daily Trust SSS, Nasarawa Candidates Parley for Peaceful Polls
17 April 2011 Leadership Jonathan Leads in South, Buhari in North-West
20 September 2011 Daily Trust State Security Arrests Six 'Kidnappers' in Niger State
13 October 2011 Daily Champion SSS Nabs Two Men for Circulating Fake Dollars
26 December 2011 Daily Trust Suicide Bomber Hits Yobe SSS HQ, Four Killed
16 March 2012 Leadership JTF, Others Battle Kidnappers, Kill One
23 April 2012 Daily Trust Another Bomb Factory Found in Kogi
03 May 2012 Leadership Bomb Chemical's Supplier Arrested in Kano
26 July 2012 This Day SSS - Northern Communities Shielding Boko Haram
Ekiti State Government Overview 13 October 2016
1990 Armed Forces Ruling Council Police Act 1990 Part II S.9(4) 18 September 2018
05 June 1986 Armed Forces Ruling Council National Security Agencies Act Section 3 2(a)
06 July 1994 Armed Forces Ruling Council Armed Forces Act Part III S.8(1)
06 April 2012 Sahara Reporters Planned Easter Attack: 60 Explosives Discovered In Gombe
23 December 2021 Sahara Reporters Sultan Snubs Delegation Of APC Party Leaders Who Visited Sokoto For Condolence 19 January 2022
Delta State Government ABOUT DELTA 23 February 2022
OpenStreetMap EBONYI STATE PROFILE 23 February 2022
06 April 2016 Federal Republic of Nigeria The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
Nigeria Police Force The Structure of the Nigeria Police Force
Oyo State Government Our History 23 February 2022
16 October 2016 Premium Times Aso Rock ‘demons’ behind Buhari’s ‘wife-belongs-in kitchen’ gaffe – Fani-Kayode
Office of the President Federal Republic of Nigeria Past Presidents & Heads of State
16 November 2012 This Day Boko Haram: US Raises Concern over Extra-Judicial Killings
01 June 2011 Vanguard Bizman Sues SSS Director Over Illegal Detention
19 October 2016 Vanguard Buhari meets Chibok girls, parents in Aso Rock today
17 May 2004 This Day Police, SSS Shun Kwara Assembly
25 May 2012 Leadership Two Nabbed With 260 Cartons of Illicit Drugs in Kebbi
14 September 2018 News Agency of Nigeria New SSS boss, Yusuf Bichi, addresses staff, sets agenda 19 January 2022
State Security Service Our History
State Security Service Statutory Roles
State Security Service History
State Security Service About the DGSS 19 January 2022
Jigawa State Government Background History 14 February 2017
2010 Network on Police Reform in Nigeria et al Criminal Force – Torture, Abuse, and Extrajudicial Killings by the Nigeria Police Force
21 October 2020 Premium Times #EndSARS: As Nigeria burns, Buhari refuses to address the nation 22 October 2020
16 February 2021 Premium Times Ex-Nigerian defence chief, Olonisakin pulls out of army 16 November 2021