Nigeria, Oct. 5 -- The Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Adeola Ajayi, has ordered disciplinary action against officers involved in the arrest and detention of two journalists from Jay 101.9 FM, a private radio station in Jos, Plateau State.

The journalists, Ruth Marcus and Keshia Jang, were arrested while reporting an altercation between SSS officials and clerics at the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) Headquarters Church, where the funeral of the mother of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Nantawe Yilwatda, took place.

Two senior SSS officials who requested not to be named separately confirmed Mr Ajayi's directive on Sunday to PREMIUM TIMES.

In a 41-second live video posted on Jay 101.9 FM'...