The Department of State Services (DSS) in Nigeria has announced plans to start manufacturing its own unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, AK-47s, and other weaponry.
The Director-General of the Secret Police, Yusuf Bichi, revealed this at the graduation ceremony of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC) 16, in Abuja.
Bichi stated that the weapons, produced by the personnel, will be unveiled soon. He emphasized that the DSS will begin to “produce what it eats and eat what it produces,” indicating that the Secret Service will soon deploy UAVs and other self-produced weapons across the country.
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“In fact, 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 own AK-47,” he stated.
Bichi noted that this initiative aims to reduce the country’s heavy reliance on foreign countries for weapons and the significant resources spent on procuring such weapons. He assured that the DSS will continue to provide other security agencies with credible intelligence.
“When we reach the destination, we will save the country from the pains of the resources being chunked out to buy such weapons,” he said.
“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,” he added.