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Hybrid Policing: The New Structure of Policing for Crime Control in Contemporary Nigeria

The internal security crisis remains one of the most pressing challenges in Nigeria, where rising incidences of armed robbery, kidnapping, terrorism, communal violence, and banditry overwhelmed the capability of the formal state security.However, several serious concerns have engaged the minds of scholars and well-meaning individuals in the country, namely that state policing is insufficient, mistrusted, and lacks legitimacy.These concerns include Nigeria's weak security infrastructure, with the lowest police-to-population ratios globally.This has created a policing gap that hybrid structures …