Boiling Point: Can State Policing Halt Nigeria’s Security Mess? Retired DIG, Ex-US Major Weigh In

The highly contentious debate over State Policing and need for a decentralized security especially following the wave of insecurity, banditry, kidnapping and other criminalities, will form the plank of discussion during the forthcoming popular monthly interview discourse, Boiling Point Arena.

On the podium for the explosive encounter are two Security Heavyweights, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG Leye Oyebade and an insurgency expert and former Major in the United States of America Army, Yinka Ogunsanya.

The brainstorming discourse holds on Sunday 8th February, 2025 commencing from 8pm over a two-hour duration.

The once-in-a-month current affairs programme, now in its 40th edition, will be transmitted via Zoom and be broadcast live on six partnering radio stations across Lagos, Ogun and Delta States.

With an incredibly large online followership and wide listenership base, Boiling Point Arena is anchored by a media professional and public relations strategist, Dr Ayo Arowojolu.

Foremost traditional ruler, Oba Prof Saka Matemilola, is the keynote Speaker and Chair to herald the discourse in a fortnight’s time.

The topic of discourse this time is: “Decentralised Security Architecture: Redefining Federal and States Roles in State Policing as Nigeria Battles Escalating Insecurity.

DIG Oyebade is a distinguished law-enforcement professional, security reform advocate, and scholar-practitioner with an illustrious career spanning nearly four decades in the service of the nation.

He joined the Nigeria Police Force in 1986 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police and rose through the ranks on the strength of professionalism, intellectual depth, and exceptional leadership to attain the pinnacle rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police.

He presently serves as a Member and Directing Staff at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos.

For his part, Major Yinka Ogunsanya, apart from being a security professional, is a banking executive, IT expert and entrepreneur with a distinguished record of leadership across military, financial services, and international business environments.

Major Ogunsanya is recognized as a versatile security and defense expert with experience in anti-terrorism operations, VIP protection, insurgency operations, and military advisory roles.

He also commanded an Infantry training unit at Fort Benning, where he trained and prepared more than 700 civilian recruits into combat-ready Infantry Soldiers.

He held multiple battalion- and brigade-level staff positions, including selection as Brigade Information Systems Officer, where he was responsible for tactical and mobile network operations for an Air Defense Brigade. His operational experience includes participation in the initial invasion phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as multiple deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq.

A well publicized discourse, Boiling Point Arena will be broadcast live on WASH 94.9FM, Sweet 107.1FM, Roots 97.1FM, Erimbe 94.7FM, Women Radio 91.7FM and Kruzz 92.9FM as well as a cable television, NSTV on GoTV channel 316.

Boiling Point is a news and general interest Group comprising of eminent personalities including over 300 Professors, Media Professionals, technocrats, industry leaders, High Court Justices, traditional rulers, security top shots and several others.

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