President Muhamadu Buhari
on Thursday appointed Mr. Lawal Musa Daura as the new Director-General of the
Department of State Security Service.
He is to take over from
Ita Ekpenyong, the outgoing DG.
The announcement was made
in a terse statement issued by the Director Communications in the Office of
Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Haruna Imrana, on behalf of the
HoS, Mr. Danladi Kifasi.
The statement said Lawal
Musa Daura was born in Daura on August 5, 1953.
The new DSS DG, who
attended Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria from 1977 – 1980, started his career in
the State Security Service in 1982 and rose to the rank of Director.
He was at one time the
Deputy Director, Presidential Communication, Command and Control Centre, at the
Presidential Villa Abuja between 2003 and 2007.
Daura also served as the
State Director of Security Service at various times in Kano, Sokoto, Edo,
Lagos, Osun and Imo States.
He attended various
professional courses both home and abroad including the National Institute for
Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.
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