The six state directors of the Department for State Services in the northeast are meeting in Gombe to strengthen collaborations with other security outfits and help resolve the region’s security challenges.
This is the sixteenth time the six state directors of the DSS from Borno, Yobe, Adamawa Taraba, Bauchi, and Gombe are meeting to brainstorm to solve the region’s security challenges.
True to the culture of the DSS, most of the meetings are kept from the public eye but the service is strengthening its partnership with other security outfits and the public.
Religious, traditional, and political leaders commend the state security service and its personnel for their sacrifice.
Gombe state commissioner of police identifies economic and social challenges such as food insecurity and poverty as major drivers of crime.
The host director of the DSS was supported by the Adamawa state director in his desire for increased public support.
Aside from terrorism and banditry, transboundary crimes are also top of the agenda.
The state security service honored some of its strategic partners in the region.
