Lawal Musa Daura mni (born August 5, 1953) is a Nigerian security official who was the Director General of the State Security Service (SSS) from 2 July 2015 to 7 August 2018.

Background and education

Lawal Musa Daura was born on 5 August 1953 in

Daura Daura is a town and Local Government Area in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. It is the spiritual home of the Hausa people. The emirate is referred to as one of the "seven true Hausa states" ( Hausa Bakwai) because it was, (along with Biram, ...

. In 1980, he received a bachelor's degree from

Ahmadu Bello University Ahmadu Bello University Zaria is a federal government research university in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. ABU was founded on 4 October 1962, as the pioneer university in Northern Nigeria. It was founded and named after the Sardauna of Sokoto, ...

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and also trained at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies in

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. In 1982, Daura joined the

National Security Organization The National Security Organization (NSO) of Nigeria, or Nigerian Security Organization, was created under Decree number 27 of 1976 by the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo, after the failed Dimka coup which claimed the life of former H ...

(NSO) which was later replaced in 1986 with the State Security Service (SSS) by military head of state General

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. He rose through the ranks of the NSO and the subsequent SSS, eventually becoming a Director of Security in several states of the federation at various times: including Kano,

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and

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daura, Lawal Musa Living people Directors General of the State Security Service (Nigeria) Directors of the Nigerian State Security Service Ahmadu Bello University alumni Nigerian security personnel National Security Organization staff Members of the Nigerian National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies 1953 births