page_title: Raymond Nkemdirim
hierarchical_section_title: Raymond Nkemdirim
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait picture of Raymond Nkemdirim
context_page_description: Raymond Iheanacho Nkemdirim is a former Director of Operations of the Department Of State Security Services DSS and Special Assistant to the Director-General, DSS, a position he held until 2015. He joined the then Nigerian Security Organisation in 1979. When in 1986, the NSO was re-organized and the State Security Service emerged, he transferred his service to the SSS.
  As security intelligence administrator, Raymond served in Nigeria's intelligence service for 35 years. He retired as Director of Operations. At the end of his service, he was retained on contract as Special Assistant to the head of Nigeria’s primary domestic intelligence agency.
context_section_description: Raymond Iheanacho Nkemdirim (born March 14, 1961) is a former Director of Operations of the Department Of State Security Services DSS and Special Assistant to the Director-General, DSS, a position he held until 2015. He joined the then Nigerian Security Organisation (NSO) in 1979. When in 1986, the NSO was re-organized and the State Security Service (SSS) emerged, he transferred his service to the SSS.
  As security intelligence administrator, Raymond served in Nigeria's intelligence service for 35 years. He retired as Director of Operations. At the end of his service, he was retained on contract as Special Assistant to the head of Nigeria’s primary domestic intelligence agency.
caption: Former Director Operations, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria
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