Nigeria’s security architecture was designed to protect lives, defend national stability, and enforce the law through multiple specialised agencies. However, across the country, conflicts between these same agencies have increasingly become part of Nigeria’s security problem itself. From clashes over jurisdiction to operational interference and even armed confrontations, rivalry among security bodies raises serious concerns about coordination, professionalism, and state authority. What should function as a unified national security structure in
Nigeria’s security architecture was designed to protect lives, defend national stability, and enforce the law through multiple specialised agencies. However, across the country, conflicts between these same agencies have increasingly become part of Nigeria’s security problem itself. From clashes over jurisdiction to operational interference and even armed confrontations, rivalry among security bodies raises serious concerns about coordination, professionalism, and state authority. What should function as a unified national security structure in
