Browsing by Author "Hamzat, Ade Ayinde"

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    The Impact of the Nigerian Police Force on Crime Control in Cross River State
    (Osogbo Journal of Management, 2016) Raji, Shittu Ade; Hamzat, Ade Ayinde
    The dynamism and complexities of interaction amongst the people in a society gives room for crime. Since independence, Nigeria has been experiencing new set of crime problem in diverse areas of human endeavors, including petty theft, burglary, assault, fraud, armed robbery, kidnapping and terrorism, resulting in threat to security of lives and property. The Nigerian Police was established, amongst other security agencies, to control crime in the country. This paper assessed the impact of the Force on crime control in Cross River State. Finding from the study, which was premised on secondary data confirmed that the Force has recorded moderate achievements in combating crime in the state through efficient intelligence policing, credible beat and patrol system, constant raid of criminal hideouts, crime mapping and inter-agency collaboration, amongst others. In spite of its relative success, the Nigeria Police Force is facing many challenges in its task of combating crime in Cross River State. These challenges include underfunding, inadequate office and residential accommodation, insufficient arms and ammunition, obsolete patrol vehicles, poor communication equipment, shortage of personnel, lack of modern crime fighting equipment, poor welfare packages and corruption amongst its work force. The challenges enumerated above should be addressed. Community policing should also be rejuvenated with better coordination and financial support for effective collaborative policing in order to curtail crime in Cross River State and Nigeria.
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    The Politicisation of Rwandan Military Intelligence towards Ethnic Genocide and Post-genocide Reforms for National Security
    (2021) Raji, Shittu; Agaku, Emmanuel Ayila; Hamzat, Ade Ayinde
    This article examined the politicisation of Rwandan military intelligence towards genocide and the post-genocide reforms for national security. The article, using secondary data and the relative deprivation theory and the custodian theory of military politics as its theoretical framework of analysis, found that the inter ethnic political power struggle between the Tutsis and Hutus equally politicised and polarised the Rwandan military intelligence towards ethnic affiliation, and weakened the quality and effectiveness of intelligence gathering to contain the genocide. While the Hutu-dominated domestic military intelligence promoted the genocide, the exiled Rwandan intelligence force, led by Paul Kagame, ended the genocide but perpetrated more persecution against the Hutus in Diaspora. Tremendous socio-economic improvements have been recorded in post genocide Rwanda, but objective reforms of the military intelligence towards all inclusive ethnic participation is far from being achieved, thus serving as a threat to inter-ethnic cohesion and national security. This article recommended that the Rwandan intelligence should be de-politicised to enhance national security