Nigeria, Feb. 14 -- The Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, on Thursday called for the arming of local communities for defence purposes.

Mr Ajayi said communities should be empowered to serve as first lines of defence in tackling insurgency before the intervention of the police, military and other security agencies.

He stated this at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies (AANISS) held in Abuja on Thursday.

Other serving and retired security chiefs present at the event were the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa.

Mr Ajayi said the country should start experimenting with how it can make the comm...