Lateef Kayode Are | |
|---|---|
| National Security Adviser | |
| In office 18 September 2010 – 4 October 2010 | |
| President | Goodluck Jonathan |
| Preceded by | Aliyu Mohammed Gusau |
| Succeeded by | Owoye Andrew Azazi |
| Director of the State Security Service | |
| In office May 1999 – August 2007 | |
| President | Olusegun Obasanjo Umaru Yar'Adua |
| Preceded by | Peter Nwaoduah |
| Succeeded by | Afakriya Gadzama |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | Nigerian Defence Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1974 - 1993 |
| Rank |  Colonel |
Lateef Kayode Are is a retired Nigerian Army Colonel who was Director General of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) from 1999 to 2007 and briefly served as National Security Adviser in 2010. Are served as an officer in the Directorate of Military Intelligence up until retirement by General Sani Abacha. Are was appointed as Director-General of the State Security Service by President Olusegun Obasanjo, served in that post throughout President Obasanjo's two terms (1999-2007), and was replaced by Afakiriya Gadzama, who was appointed in August 2007 by President Umaru Yar'Adua.[1]