logica:
What does the law have to say about this? I was under the impression that under the law, The President cannot just do away with the DSS? Or is this only applicable in the US?

edoyad:


The comment above gives me hope that some Nigerians still think critically.

Op, I'm sorry I disagree with some parts of the article.
The ADC has no power to do what he did, he was acting on the instructions of his boss. Who gives a lieutenant colonel power to deploy troops to the.presidential suite, is that not done by the Army high command ?
This crass show and total disregard for our constitution was done by a man who wants to destroy what we have been building for 16 years. BUHARI IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC LEADER AND THIS ACTION SHOWS WHERE WE ARE HEADED.
The bolded conveys my thought exactly.

emmatok:


Wrong the ADC has power to control and coordinate all the security Personnel around the Person(President,Governor e.t.c) he is protecting.
The Military high Command has automatically delegated the role to him?(ADC) immediately the President choose him.
The SSS are still protecting the President and his Family in the Villa but not within the President close-ring.

soe:
Truth be told, the president's ADC has no authority to write a memo...not to talk of issuing directives to SSS. His job is just an orderly to mr president. The head of all security in the villa is the CSO...chief security officer. This is the man who has the power to arrange all the presidents journey, map security network and movement around the president and screen visitors. The current CSO ...AbubAkar mani...has been with Buhari for a long time now and is even more loyal than the ADC who was only handpicked few weeks to swearing in.

But if u look at it we'll, the CSO doesn't necessary have to be whoever is the head of the SSS team in the villa. So, the ADC sees himself as head of army team in the villa and feels he could also be CSO after all, no formal appointment has been made of a CSO.

This whole confusion boils down to the fact that Buhari is yet to appoint a Chief of Staff. The chief of staff is the head of govt of Aso rock presidential villa....he is the only one that all departments must listen to. He is the one to organise the villa activities. Right now , what we see is a show of power...how can the ADC sideline the supposed CSO....are they mates?

I hope there won't be a shootout at the villa.

emmatok:


Wrong the ADC has power to control and coordinate all the security Personnel around the Person(President,Governor e.t.c) he is protecting.
The Military high Command has automatically delegated the role to him?(ADC) immediately the President choose him.
The SSS are still protecting the President and his Family in the Villa but not within the President close-ring.

Department of State Service

The State Security Service (SSS), also known as the Department of State Services (DSS), is the primary domestic intelligence agency of Nigeria. It is primarily responsible for intelligence gathering within the country and for the protection of senior government officials, particularly the President and state governors. It is one of three successor organisations to the National Security Organization (NSO), dissolved in 1986. The SSS operates as a department within the presidency and is under the control of the National Security Adviser.


http://www.nigeriatradehub.gov.ng/Organisations/ViewOrganisation.aspx?AgencyId=52

emmatok:


The CSO is a Paramilitary Personnel, while the ADC assigned by the DHQ is a Military personnel.

The Military is superior to every Paramilitary organisation in Nigerian, Police,DSS, e.t.c

Due the superiority tussle among the GUYS, the other Presidents usually bring in Retired Military personnel (from DMI) to head the DSS, this way the DSS/SSS guys will blend easily with the military guy.

The Head of the DSS under OBJ regime was a Retired Military Officer from DMI.

edoyad:


Was Almustapha ADC or CSO to Abacha ?
An ADC going to the barracks and getting men posted to.the.Villa ? I'm not in the.military but I know that can't happen even in the banking industry

JohnFrankling:
If the president don't want you to protect him is it by force, please DSS go protect the poor masses we too need protection

modath:

How many people would be changed before their people cry persecution?

ohenhen1:
It is pay back no doubt about it. That is why DSS should not have played partisan politics. We all remember the presser of them showing PVC and them arresting APC members in Lagos. BTW what happened to the DSS spokeswoman?

aresa:






The DSS functions under the president and the NSA director who the president appoints is the head of the DSS.

Dambo Dasuki who reports to the president is their boss and PMB is the NSA's boss.

NSA calls the shot, not DSS..


Learn and stop confusing yourself..

emmatok:


Ita Ekpeyong heads to DSS.

Who is the current head of the NSA- None

NSA office is an Umbrella organisation that advice the President on all National security issues.

emmatok:
The operations of the State Security Service may arise out of tasking directed personally by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; the National Defense and Security. Council; the National Security Adviser; the Intelligence Community Committee (ICC) or the Joint Intelligence Board (JIB) subject to ratification by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed .Forces where considered necessary or desirable.


https://dss.gov.ng/index.php/aboutus/statutory-roles

emmatok:


The CSO is a Paramilitary Personnel, while the ADC assigned by the DHQ is a Military personnel.

The Military is superior to every Paramilitary organisation in Nigerian, Police,DSS, e.t.c

Due the superiority tussle among the GUYS, the other Presidents usually bring in Retired Military personnel (from DMI) to head the DSS, this way the DSS/SSS guys will blend easily with the military guy.

The Head of the DSS under OBJ regime was a Retired Military Officer from DMI.

Sweetlemon:
Na by force to "protect" President ni?

simeonii:
He however did not say what the President’s exact directive is.

Now I don't get this, who is giving all this directives?

berrystunn:


@
Section 2 (1) (ii) of Instrument No. SSS 1 of 23rd May, 1999, made pursuant to Section 6 of the National Security Agencies (NSA) decree of 1986 which has been re-enacted as Section 6 of NSA Act CAP N74 LFN 2004, empowers personnel of the DSS to provide protective security for designated principal government functionaries including, but not limited to the President and Vice President as well as members of their immediate families.

“It also mandates the DSS to provide protective security for sensitive installations such as the Presidential Villa and visiting foreign dignitaries. For this reason, personnel of the DSS who are on this schedule are carefully selected and properly trained both locally and abroad. Furthermore, continued background checks are maintained on them to confirm suitability and loyalty.


its clear that buhari is working with non professional,

buhari is not saying anything not because he had plans, but because he dont know what to do......

The operations of the State Security Service may arise out of tasking directed personally by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces; the National Defense and Security. Council; the National Security Adviser; the Intelligence Community Committee (ICC) or the Joint Intelligence Board (JIB) subject to ratification by the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed .Forces where considered necessary or desirable.

https://dss.gov.ng/index.php/aboutus/statutory-roles

aresa:


That's from the DSS itself. Read and comprehend... The president and commander in chief tells them what to do...

modath:




Must he put his life & security in the hands of folks who have to shown to hate him & everything he stands for If truly the above is the case then the entire top half should go cos its unbelievable that the DG knows who & who is sympathetic to PMB's cause at any given time, which means almost all the HODS have it in for him... And how many will be removed before their people begin to sing "songs of persecution" & "scapegoatting"

It is a norm that dss operatives guard the president, it is not cast in iron..

Dss should leave him be!!!