The National Agency for the Control of AIDS, has stated that Nigerian security operatives are among six groups with the highest risk of the HIV according to statistics.

The NACA Director-General, Dr. Sani Aliyu, said according to the Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey, the six group of people most likely to contract the virus in the country are:

1. soldiers

2. policemen

3. female sex workers

4. homosexuals

5. transport workers

6. drug addicts.