Does State Security Service (SSS) Have Powers To Profile And Vet Nigerians

Daily Law Tips (Tip 464) by Onyekachi Umah, Esq., LLM.
ACIArb(UK)

Does State Security Service (SSS) Have Powers To Profile
And Vet Nigerians

Security agencies are created by law and their powers are spelt
out by law. No security agency is allowed to go outside its powers
and rights. The State Security Services (SSS) also nicknamed
Department of Security Service (DSS) was created by the National
Security Agencies Act, 1986. State Security Services was created to
detect and prevent crimes within Nigeria that may threaten national
security of Nigeria. It also has powers to protect and preserve
non-militray classified matters concerning internal national
security of Nigeria.

Aside the law that created the SSS, later in 1999, the Military
Government through Instrument No. 1 of 1999, expanded and
specifically listed the functions of SSS, to include;

A. Prevention, detection and investigation of:
1. Threat of Espionage;
2. Threat of Subversion;
3. Threat of Sabotage;
4. Economic crimes of national security dimension;
5. Terrorist activities;
6. Separatist agitations and inter-group conflicts;
7. Threat to law and order

B. Vetting of:
1. Prospective appointees to public offices;
2. Vital and sensitive corporate organizations before their
incorporation in Nigeria and continuous covert monitoring of their
activities to ensure that they are in line with national security
interest;
3. Applicants for Nigerian nationalization and naturalization in
Nigeria;

C. Provision of timely advice to Government on
all  
       matters of National security
interest; and

D. Profiling etc.

My authorities are sections 1, 2(3) and 8 of National Security
Agencies Act 1986 and Instrument No. 1 of 1999.

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