![]() ![]() The DSS and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have become one and the same and it is almost difficult to differentiate a statement written by the DSS and the APC. In recent times, the DSS has focused more on regime protection and fostering the interest of politicians in the ruling party and their allies. “But the DSS has since deviated from its core mandate in the last 10 years by becoming a willing tool to the government in power. “It is also charged with the protection of senior government officials, particularly the President, Vice President, state governors and visiting heads of states and governments with their respective families. The agency which was established by Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, was supposed to be patterned after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States of America or the MI5 Security Service in the United Kingdom. “The Department of State Services or the State Security Service needs a complete and total overhaul. Frank accused the organisation of monitoring and then leaking telephone conversations of some political leaders (especially in opposition) in order to embarrass them and to impress the APC elements.įrank, who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Ambassador to East Africa and Middle East, said the DSS has the right to intercept unlawful communication but not to leak private conversations that are not favourable to the ruling party.Īccording to Frank, the main responsibilities of the DSS as stated in its enabling Act include counter-intelligence, internal security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of serious crimes against the state.
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