pure2012soul:

It's a pity that Common Sense is not common. If it were so, you would know that DSS is another acronym for SSS. By the way, must you comment on issues? It only goes to expose your lack of manners and upbringing as displayed by your response. Please, go and shamelessly bury your whole body in shame. Haba

. Low Life,try and get a "LIFE".

Mekky05:
. Pray and Fast for "Common Sense".

Please get a life. Respond to an issue with a sound counter argument. Since you have introduced prayers into the matter, I pray you receive sense to make sensible comments, IJN, Amen

soe:
since you have asked....

The military has always been the one in charge of guarding the seat of power. In fact, last year when boko haram attacked the DSS headquaters very close to Aso Villa, the military had to be drafted immediately.

The job of the DSS is different...the SSS are secret state police who normally should not be seen with rifles or uniform. They are meant to mix with people, gather intelligence to feed the military and police force.

The DSS in the villa are not body guards,they are meant to have specific day to day ordinary roles which allow them go unnoticed as they monitor underground activities.

But today what we have is an SSS trained for bodyguard services, leaving the job of intelligence gathering to nobody and everybody...why else do you think nobody knows when or where boko haram is about to strike? Why do you think nobody knows the whereabouts of the chibok girls?

PMB wants to return the DSS to it's main purpose, to secretly monitor the state of security of the nation.

please don't mislead Nigerians with ur lies,it was a jailbreak n protection of d president all over d world is done by Secret police or service as d case mayb. d brigade of guard is a core in Nigeria Army to protectect d presidential villa frm external aggression .I only see hands of mischief maker trying to cause enemity btw our security agencies

Na so e suppose be na, some the world's deadliest snipers sit ontop the white house and special forces roaming around the compound, we sef suppose get our elite special force like wazobia6

aminho:
intelligence (equivalent of the CIA)nope you are wrong here we have the NIA for intellgence thats the equivalent of the cia

My bad, SSS is incharge of domestic intelligence, while NIA is incharge of the foreign or external intelligence and equivalent of the CIA. Thanks

aminho:
Our army intelligence corps is one of the best trained in their field

Our Army Intelligence Corps are not trained in Close Protection or Counter-Assault. Only the DSS and NPF-SPU are trained in that. This is a major mistake by GMB.

Mekky05:
. Low Life,try and get a "LIFE".

Thank GOD am way above you. Sustaining this argument would only dignify your rants. From a higher life form (me) to a lower one (you) may you aspire to attain my height in life, Amen

omonnakoda:
The law is simple the president as commander in Chief can make directions to any government security outfit. There is no law about who should specifically provide security for the president.
However it would appear than in a civilian government under "Normal" conditions "civilian" outfits are better trained to interact better with the public whilst maintaining a cordial public perception.
To the one saying the military have "always" done this, it is not quite true just partially true. There has always been a brigade of guard for the seat of government but under civilian administrations personal security has fallen to the police and then the NSO which was broken off from the police and which is the grandfather of the SSS. Those people who are allowed to carry live ammunition in the presence of the president are very rarely soldiers who are not trained as bodyguards and not trained to "die" for the president by covering him with their bodies. Bodyguard training is very different from military training and I think Buhari is being misadvised by people with their own agenda. If he doubts the loyalty of the current crop he can recruit and train new ones but they should be civilians. Soldiers can and should provide perimeter security for residences but personal security is not their thing. There was a minor incident recently involving GEJ which ended peacefully. No doubt if soldiers were his security they would have killed many civilians and then come and tell us stories

Exactly.. he should draft or transfer the Military guys he trust into the DSS.... The military arent mearnt to be body gurads

pure2012soul:

Thank GOD am way above you. Sustaining this argument would only dignify your rants. From a higher life form (me) to a lower one (you) may you aspire to attain my height in life, Amen

. Chineke mere gi ebere,Virgin Maria nyere gi aka o.

soe:
protection doesn't mean carrying rifles.

IT INVOLVES CARRYING RIFLES FOR CHRIST SAKE!!! Why the hell do you thing there's also a counter - assault force in every protection detail?! For heaven's sake if you don't know much about a subject, zip it and read some more! Jeez...

vecman22:


God bless you... have learned something today

No you have not learnt something.... there where no references... just someones personal opinion...

barcanista:
Baba should be very careful with the way he brings the military closer to the seat of power. Military boys and coup are siamese twins.

Era of coups is gone in Nigeria. No coup can ever succeed anymore.

agabusta:


So what is the duty of the Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army which reports directly to the presidency and not the Chief of Army staff.

Protection of the Federal Capital Territory (primary AOR) and ceremonial duties.

elookoo:


God bless you for this explanation, as commander in chief of the armed forces it is the military's duty to protect him through the brigade of guards. Me think DSS has been politicized over the years and operatives are now bodyguards instead of intelligence officers.

Its funny that you accept what someone says without any form of reference... let me help you a bit.. this is from wikipedia

The mission of the SSS is to protect and defend the Federal Republic of Nigeria against domestic threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of Nigeria, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to both federal and state law-enforcement organs. The SSS is also charged with the protection of the President, Vice President, Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, State Governors, their immediate families, other high ranking government officials, past presidents and their spouses, certain candidates for the offices of President and Vice President, and visiting foreign heads of state and government. The SSS has constantly adapted to various roles necessitated by evolving security threats in Nigeria including counter-terrorism and counter-insurgent.

Nigeria36:

I don't have time to educate you now, SSS performs 3 functions: intelligence (equivalent of the CIA), counter-terrorism (FBI) and close body protection (presidential security service, South Korea or US Secret Security Service) they don't av uniform but dresses on black suit (jacket). It is their responsibility to offer close body security to the President and Governors and their immediate family. They also maintain the mobile fleets of the President except the air fleets. The Guard protects the seat of power, the exteriors, but the DSS protects the interior of the buildings. When the President is on a move, the Guard acts as Vanguard in front and back of the convoy and can never ride with the President in side the same car, during functions they protect the perimeter of the event venue, while DSS maintains close body and the convoy. During emergency, it is the duty of the DSS to extract the President to safety while the Guard engages the criminals, providing cover for the evacuation of the President, and during the extraction, the DSS acts as body shield to the President until successful extraction while the Guard engages. The SSS is the best trained among them and also the best paid. The only commendable thing His Majesty will do is to separate those powers and vest it in different new and independent agencies to improve productivity. Thank me later

THANK YOU!! Abeg teach some of these people here.

ocelot2006:


IT INVOLVES CARRYING RIFLES FOR CHRIST SAKE!!! Why the hell do you thing there's also a counter - assault force in every protection detail?! For heaven's sake if you don't know much about a subject, zip it and read some more! Jeez...

dude u r beginning to really get on my nerves for real.

I never said protection does not INVOLVE carrying rifles.

I said protection does not MEAN carrying rifles.

As u said...there is a counter assault force in every protection detail...but so also is there an intelligence unit in every detail...it is a team work...the police/army do the attack, the SSS do the intelligence/avertion

Nigeria36:

I don't have time to educate you now, SSS performs 3 functions: intelligence (equivalent of the CIA), counter-terrorism (FBI) and close body protection (presidential security service, South Korea or US Secret Security Service) they don't av uniform but dresses on black suit (jacket). It is their responsibility to offer close body security to the President and Governors and their immediate family. They also maintain the mobile fleets of the President except the air fleets. The Guard protects the seat of power, the exteriors, but the DSS protects the interior of the buildings. When the President is on a move, the Guard acts as Vanguard in front and back of the convoy and can never ride with the President in side the same car, during functions they protect the perimeter of the event venue, while DSS maintains close body and the convoy. During emergency, it is the duty of the DSS to extract the President to safety while the Guard engages the criminals, providing cover for the evacuation of the President, and during the extraction, the DSS acts as body shield to the President until successful extraction while the Guard engages. The SSS is the best trained among them and also the best paid. The only commendable thing His Majesty will do is to separate those powers and vest it in different new and independent agencies to improve productivity. Thank me later

your very right Bro am saying from experience.

Nigeria36:

I don't have time to educate you now, SSS performs 3 functions: intelligence (equivalent of the CIA), counter-terrorism (FBI) and close body protection (presidential security service, South Korea or US Secret Security Service) they don't av uniform but dresses on black suit (jacket). It is their responsibility to offer close body security to the President and Governors and their immediate family. They also maintain the mobile fleets of the President except the air fleets. The Guard protects the seat of power, the exteriors, but the DSS protects the interior of the buildings. When the President is on a move, the Guard acts as Vanguard in front and back of the convoy and can never ride with the President in side the same car, during functions they protect the perimeter of the event venue, while DSS maintains close body and the convoy. During emergency, it is the duty of the DSS to extract the President to safety while the Guard engages the criminals, providing cover for the evacuation of the President, and during the extraction, the DSS acts as body shield to the President until successful extraction while the Guard engages. The SSS is the best trained among them and also the best paid. The only commendable thing His Majesty will do is to separate those powers and vest it in different new and independent agencies to improve productivity. Thank me later

Nice explanation. But if you take a good look at the NSA act you quoted earlier, everything depends as the President deemed fit. All these explanation you just offered are not contained in the Act. You gave us the explanation purely on precedence or the happenings elsewhere. You are right that it is part of the duty of the DSS to protect the President, and others, but it is not rigid as you put it. The law did not say they MUST be the inner security layer. If the president decides to make them the outer layer, he has not run foul of the law. They are still offering protection to the president. The law simply states that they are responsible for protecting the President and others. If the President decides to make the Guards Brigade his inner security ring, he has not run foul of the law as well. Because they are equally responsible for offering protection to the president. And there is no rigid law stating they always MUST be the outer ring. Everything depends on how the Chief Security Officer of the President and the President himself see it best to protect the President.

Btw, it is the NIA that performs the duties similar to the CIA and not the DSS.

barcanista:
Well, I hope so sha.

Olorun a da fun e

Republic of the zoo. The terrorist in command of the federal republic of the zoo

barcanista:
Baba should be very careful with the way he brings the military closer to the seat of power. Military boys and coup are siamese twins.

True talk but where do you put Loyalty?... You probably forgot that, because our military until recently had been subject to partisan politics.. that will change now...

i m still missing the real Barcanista though

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barcanista:
Baba should be very careful with the way he brings the military closer to the seat of power. Military boys and coup are siamese twins.

But he is not wired to rule democratically. All he has ever known is how to be a despot. He can only function well with military men around him, and then he goads them on to execute a putsch, he will then become a military head of state and then start enacting decrees and all

Bluffly:

He should thread with care. In the USA, FBI does that and not the military, likewise other well meaning developed countries. Is he afraid. If he can't make all arms of the Nigerian security outfit trustable, then he has no business being the president. If he is not feeling safe with the curent state of DSS, he should overhaul it rather than spitting on their face.

Sir, truly, the FBI does internal security job in the US, but they are not in charge of the president's protection. That role belongs to the USSS.

I agree with you though on the overhauling of the DSS, so that they can do their job effectively because its their constitutional role rather than drafting another Army unit (Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps) for the protection of the president. That makes the Guards Brigade useless already.

Like a brother said earlier, let's not encourage what IBB did to the Nigerian Airforce due to the fallout from the Vasta's Conspiracy to the DSS because of some funny reasons.

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Military ti fe take over, coded.

people can easily believe rubbish news military take over strike-force my foot

Is like this Buhari may likely create more problems for Nigerians than solving it. In less than a month of his administration any where you turn to crises. National assembly crises, presidency crises, his political Party crises, security outfit crises. and worse of it all, he is not doing anything about it. am surprise o.

Tojay:
please don't mislead Nigerians with ur lies,it was a jailbreak n protection of d president all over d world is done by Secret police or service as d case mayb. d brigade of guard is a core in Nigeria Army to protectect d presidential villa frm external aggression .I only see hands of mischief maker trying to cause enemity btw our security agencies

Who caused enmity among our security agencies, Buhari or Jonathan who used Ogah as the spokesperson of the PDP during the elections?

ocelot2006:


Our Army Intelligence Corps are not trained in Close Protection or Counter-Assault. Only the DSS and NPF-SPU are trained in that. This is a major mistake by GMB.

The military has a far better intelligence squards. Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) and Nigerian Army Intelligence Corps (NAIC) are some of them.

ocelot2006:


THANK YOU!! Abeg teach some of these people here.

Well one point he didn't get right in his text is that the DSS cannot do what the CIA does...that responsibility is on the NIA. The NIA does what CIA does (external intelligence gathering), while DSS does what the FBI does (domestic intelligence and security).

However he is very correct on the role of the DSS carrying out the responsibilities of both the FBI & the USSS at the same time, talking about intelligence, internal security and the protection of VIPs.

Segadem:
This guy is high with aba weed and he used ogogoro from port Harcourt to step it down.

And u?!..high on ethnic hatred!. U are not better off. Hatred will only make u madt!!