SECURITY AGENCIES EMERGENCY CRIME ALERT AND TENDENCY TOWARDS JUNGLE JUSTICE IN AKURE; ONDO STATE NIGERIA

This study examined security agencies emergency crime alert and tendency towards juggle justice in Akure; Ondo State, Nigeria. The study was anchored on social disorganization theory while three objectives and research questions were both raised to guide the study. Crosssectional research design was adopted for the study and the population comprised of all the available indigenes and residents of Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria from which 120 respondents were selected as sampled population. A cluster sampling technique was adopted for the recruitment of respondents. The quantitative instrument was used to collect data from respondents through. Self constructed administered questionnaire in the sample area. The retrieved questionnaire was coded into frequency tables and simple percentage statistics were applied for data analyses. The result revealed public awareness of security crime alert numbers through media -electronic and print, community leaders and police community relation meeting. It also revealed that people indulged in jungle justice to reduce rampant crime, for the inefficient criminal justice system, their distrust in criminal justice system, their desire to eliminate criminals, lack of confidence in the public Police etc. the study concludes and recommends the government to frown at and sensitized the people against such primitive and barbaric practice, and also fund and equipped