Directors of Department of State Services (DSS) from the North East states have converged on Gombe State for their 10th Security Conference tagged, “Conference of State Directors Of Security.”

The conference according to the Gombe State director of the service, Abba Adams commenced last year and holds periodically with a view to brainstorming, analyzing and bringing workable solutions to the security challenges of the geopolitical zone.

He said the measure was in view of the threats of insurgency, kidnapping, banditry and other emerging crises facing the country saying they initiated the conference to protect people of the region against the menace.

The chairman of the conference and director DSS of Bauchi State, Hussaini Abdullahi tasked all security agencies and stakeholders to collaborate with one another to tackle security challenges in the country.