COMBATTING NIGERIA CONTEMPORARY INTERNAL SECURITY QUAGMIRE AND ADVOCACY FOR STATE POLICING

The study examined combatting Nigeria contemporary internal security quagmire and advocacy for state policing. The main purpose of the study is to investigate advocacy for state policing in Nigeria. Three research questions were raised to guide the study. Series of related literature were reviewed. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised students, teachers, principals and parents of selected secondary school in Akoko Southwest, Ondo State. Two hundred (200) respondents were randomly selected. Simple random sampling technique was use to select the participants in the study. Duly validated questionnaire was used to select the data collection. Data collections were analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics of frequency counts and simple percentage. The findings of the study revealed the factors that affect state policing system in Nigeria. It also revealed some solutions to the factors militating against state policing system in Nigeria. Further findings from the study shows the extent to which Nigeria is ready for state policing system. This study recommends that the federal government of Nigeria should establish the American-styled police structure and oversight offices in the 36 states to maintain federal laws and complement the activities and functions of the state police, to avoid the abuse of state police forces, the document backing the state police should provide for the establishment of the ad-hoc committees at state and local government levels. lastly, all members of the police force should be given public relation training in order to better equipped to communicate and relate with members of the public in ways that uphold human dignity while preserving police authority.