Yusuf Bichi, the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf says the service will soon commence the production of weapons.
Such military weapons, the secret police boss said include, drones and AK-47s riffles.
AK-47s is an exclusive riffles of the Russian federation.
The DSS boss who spoke at the inauguration of the Executive Intelligence Management Course 16 participants in Abuja, said the Service wants to reduce dependence and the huge expense used to procure weapons from foreign countries.
He said the achievements recorded so far in the war against terrorism is as a result of the synergy between the DSS and other sister security agencies in the country.
The DSS DG also disclosed what the agency under him is doing to improve the welfare of staff.
He had recently been accused of diverting the fuel subsidy palliatives meant for the staff of the agency by the federal government.
The DSS has vehemently denied the allegation.
According to Bichi, “We shall support the institute in its training programmes. I care for the welfare of our staff, both active and retired. We shall never go back on that. We’ll also continue to pay attention to our research and development.
“Sooner or later we shall start eating what we produce. And we produce what we eat. This is coded. It means we shall start deploying some of the assets we have or the platforms we produce by ourselves, including Unmanned Area Vehicles. We are producing our AK-47.
“When we reach the destination, we will save the country from the pains of the resources being chunked out to buy such weapons.”
“We shall continue to appreciate all the agencies that partner with us in the journey so far. And I promise the other security agencies that the DSS will continue to provide you with proactive intelligence to drive your operations intelligence.
“We have achieved that in different parts of the country. And I have to thank the military and the police especially for giving us that opportunity and appreciating our input in the fight against terrorism and insurgency in different parts of the country. We are going to sustain that by the grace of God. For the generality of the people. ”
