State Security Service
SSS
About
The State Security Service (SSS), self-styled as the Department of State Services (DSS), is a security agency in Nigeria and one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO). It operates under the Presidency and reports its activities to the President and the office of the National Security Adviser, with headquarters in Abuja.
History
The agency was created in June 1986 when President Ibrahim Babangida issued Decree Number 19, dissolving the National Security Organization and restructuring Nigeria's security services into three separate entities under the Office of the Co-ordinator of National Security. The SSS was made responsible for domestic intelligence. Its first headquarters was in Ikoyi, Lagos, and it was moved to Abuja during the regime of General Sani Abacha.
Key Facts
Established
1986
Headquarters
Abuja, FCT
Director-General
Adeola Ajayi
Jurisdiction
Nigeria
Abbreviation
SSS
Website
dss.gov.ng