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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINOLOGISTS AND SECURITY PRACTITIONERS OF NIGERIA (NACSP)

(Inc: Association of Criminologists and Security Experts of Nigeria)
‘Esprit de corps’

Motto: Unlocking Crime…Networking Intelligence

BRIEF HISTORY OF NACSP

The National Association of Criminologists and Security Practitioners of Nigeria (NACSP) is an umbrella organization of criminologists, security practitioners and related disciplines, academic world, student bodies, interest groups, security industries, and national security agencies which strive at professionalism. It is a non-profit making educational organization whose membership pursuit is scholastic, scientific, metaphysic, cultural/traditional and professional knowledge concerning the measurement, etiology, consequences, detection, prevention, control and treatment of crime and delinquency including the victims of these vices internationally by providing networking opportunities through which members could exchange ideas, knowledge, methods, advice, education and working assignments using scientific techniques/security technology, cultural and traditional techniques to forge ahead professional linkage and to promote the welfare of all members of the Association on the principle of equality, fairness, justice, peace, security and good governance of the Association and Nigeria at large.

This organization is steered to harness adequate intelligence on National security issues from all available academic and non academic avenues with a view to curbing all manner of security challenges in the country via intelligence policing systems. NACSP is community oriented police service (COPS) corps and is a brain child of the Nigeria Society of Criminology (NSC) led by Prof. Femi Odekunle, Prof. Etannibi Alemika, Prof. Darlington Iwarimie-Jaja and its Founding Members. It is recognized as a powerful intelligence based watchdog with gallant members in various commands in all states of the federation and brigade in institutions of higher learning where criminology/ Security Studies and related disciplines are accredited. It was formed on the 16th of July, 2012 and officially inaugurated during its 1st National Conference on the 15th October, 2016 in Abuja (Forces Command) and is also registered by Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria as Association of Criminologists and Security Experts of Nigeria as an incorporated trustee. The body further held her 1st National central working council (NCWC) meeting on the 10th of December, 2016 at EMAB Garden, Wuse 2, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, to further expand its National Executive Council and committee members to fast track much of its originating activities.

The initiative was discovered and instituted by Cops. Williams Ekposon, a graduate of Criminology and Security Studies, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and shared among liberated-minded members. It will also interest you to know that NACSP nurses the following interest groups:

NACSP College of Fellows
The Journal of Criminologists and Security Practitioners of Nigeria (JOCASPON) Editorial Advisory Board.
Foundation for the Victims of Crime (FOVOC).
National Rifles Association (NRA)
National Students Association of Criminology and Security Studies (NASACSS), formally known and addressed as National Association of Criminology and Security Students (NACSS).

The National Association of Criminology and Security Students (NACSS) signed up her facebook group on the 23rd of February 2010, and being the origin or embryo of the entire ideology that advocated and canvassed for it to be adopted as a veritable platform to showcase professionalism whose inaugural meeting held on 16th July, 2012 at La-mems hotel, 40 Nkemba Street, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State which was attended by the Intelligentsia Seven (7) who signed the scroll and adopted the nomenclature at 19:40 hours (7:40 pm) and placed it on Cosmic Intelligence Cell and named the mother command ‘Intelligence Command,’ anchored her modus operandi on the criminal justice system and military. On 24th September, 2012, a proterm executive of six members were selected and formed to pilot the affairs of the Association. The Association paid a courtesy visit to Prof. Darlington Iwarimie-Jaja at University of Port Harcourt and submitted her proposal for affiliation with Nigerian Society of Criminology (NSC) the same year. The Association celebrated her 1st anniversary on 16th July, 2013 at La-mems Hotel, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (Intelligence Command), her 2nd anniversary on 16th July, 2014 at Millany Hotels & Suites, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (Intelligence Command), and her 3rd anniversary on 16th July, 2015 at Hon. Nnamdi Wokekoro Hall, NULGE Consulate, Port Harcourt, Rivers State (Anti-militia Command), and her 4th anniversary jointly celebrated at Its 1^st National Conference tagged: Nigeria Security Challenges: The Need for High Tech Policing System on 15th October, 2016 at Royal Tropicana Hotels, Utako District, Abuja (Forces Command)with eighty-five (85) delegates.

NACSP organized the 1st South-west Criminology workshop tagged: ‘Criminology: The Dynamics’ jointly hosted by Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko and National open university of Nigeria (NOUN) Akure study centre on the 24th of June, 2018 held at Ground Otad Hotel, Akure, Ondo State.

NACSP further scheduled a joint students and graduates assembly at its 3rd National central working council meeting held at its Intelligence Headquarters in Abuja on the 17th of June, 2018 and slated the 2nd National conference tagged: ‘Security Technology Innovation for Sustainable Development ‘ on the 26th- 27th of October, 2018 at Green-Minds Hotels, Abuja and was successfully conducted with over two hundred (200) delegates across the country.

During the joint meeting the student body formally known and addressed as National Association Of Criminology and Security Students (NACSS) was unanimously branded with the new nomenclature National Students Association of Criminology and Security Studies (NASACSS) as suggested by one of our mentors, Dr. Akinbulumo, a lecturer from Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State to give the student body a uniform National identity.

National Executive council members were also voted to serve in the student body for a calendar year after brief constructive orientated arguments by the representatives of each institution. National secretariat was given to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State. Subsequently, the NASACSS Executive Council was dissolved and stand down on the ground of incapacitation during the annual general congress(AGC) at the 2^nd National Conference by 2/3 simple majority of students.

The Association also slated its 4th National Central Working Council (NCWC) meeting held at the Intelligence Headquarters in Abuja on the 18th of May, 2019 where they rectified the nine (9) men thorough-bred academia as Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Criminologists and Security Practitioners of Nigeria (JOCASPON) chaired by erudite scholar, PROF. DARLINGTON IWARIMIE-JAJA, FIIA. The Editor-In-Chief, JOCASPON, of the Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

The Association scheduled the 3rd National Conference of Criminologists and Security Practitioners of Nigeria (NACSP) on the 25th-26th of October, 2019 in Abuja, tagged “INSTITUTIONALIZING CRIMINOLOGY AND SECURITY STUDIES IN NIGERIA.”

It also adopted and rectified the newly reviewed membership subscription/annual dues, Induction and Conference fees and instructed members to comply in accordance with her collective resolve. The joint council unanimously resolved that induction of prospective members and gravitation of members shall be done at the annual National Conference forthwith.

The Association adopted and rectified the Security Innovative Investment committee chaired by Cops. Danjuma Lawal and Cops. Dominic Ogar, the secretary, to develop Security Innovative Business Plans for the Association. The Maiden Journal of Criminologists and Security Practitioners of Nigeria (JOCASPON), 2019 Calendar and Sticker were distributed to departmental Captains/Presidents to deliver to their respective departments.

During the 4^th National Central Working Council (NCWC) meeting inducted members were nominated to fill the vacant positions in the National Executive Council (NEC) of the professional body and the following members were sworn-in in accordance with the Constitution:

(i). Cops. Musa H. Sule – Vice President National Affairs
(ii). Cops. Aliyu Yusuf – Assistant Secretary General / Scribe II
(iii). Cops. Muhammad Nazifi – Director of Signal/ Public Relation Officer (PRO)
(iv). Cops. Bridget Ngwam- Director of Welfare II/Arsenal II

The Students (NASACSS) also conducted their election into the National Executive Council (NEC) of National Students Association of Criminology and Security Studies (NASACSS) during the joint council meeting and the members of the National Executive Council are to serve for 12 calendar months.

The National Secretariat for the Student body was zoned to Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Kano State, for 12 calendar months as seat of power where the National Captain/President, Secretary General and Director of Finance were elected. The following members were also elected and inaugurated to serve the Student body for a calendar year after brief constructive orientated arguments by the representatives of each institution:

(i). Cops. Abubakar Ali Farida (BUK) National Captain /President
(ii). Cops. Moses Chibuke Joseph (NOUN, Abuja) Vice president, National Affairs
(iii). Joshua Koar Akanyi (BUK) General Secretary/Scribe I
(iv). AL-mustafa Suleiman (BUK) Director of Finance
(v).Cops. Abdulazeez Muhammad Bala (NOUN,Jos) Director of Intelligence
(vi). Celestine Clement Dalorka (University of Jos), Director of Signal/ Public Relation Officer (PRO)
(vii).Ademuyiwa Opeyemi Moses (AAUA), Director of Welfare I/Arsenal I

At the joint council meeting, the Association berated and casted a vote of no confidence on one Adeusi Demola Olatunji (acclaimed criminologist graduate), otherwise known as Piero Luchas, sentenced to four (4) months imprisonment for a one-count charge of internet fraud filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission ( EFCC) Ibadan zonal office. The pronouncement was made on Monday 13 May, 2019 by Justice P. I. Ajoku of the Federal High Court, Ibadan. Therefore, the Association warned members and all sundry to desist from every act of criminality forthwith and strictly adhere to the professional/ ethical code of conducts as they are the intelligence watchdogs of the society.

Moreover, it is noteworthy to state that circumstances have bestowed the need to establish NACSP and its subsidiaries given that universities and governmental agencies in Nigeria have given full attention to the scientific study of criminology, intelligence/security studies and the pattern of criminal trends in Nigeria including terrorism, militancy, kidnapping, etc. In facilitating the ongoing efforts of the Nigerian government, especially the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari (GCFR), who has given premium interest on security, the Association aims at tackling the problems of insecurity and the endemic nature of corruption in the body polity, through application of intelligence policing system and collating of crime statistics for both studies and analyses. It is therefore very important that the Nigerian government which the world holds in high esteem for its relentless efforts at sustaining democracy should support and adopt this initiative, and to embark on breeding a new crop of criminologists and intelligence security personnel, whose collective efforts are expected to assuage this ugly trend currently in vogue in most parts of the country.

We are optimistic to bring innovations to our profession in order to meet the yearnings of Nigerians to enhance and promote the development of academic departments of criminology and security studies or justice education in our institutions of higher learning which will influence an increasing number of students who will learn about criminology and play professional roles in the criminal justice system. We also think that the organization will motivate law enforcement personnel to be more accountable to their duties because students and faculties engaged in locally relevant research activities will assist the justice system personnel with research findings on new methods, techniques, technologies and strategies for dealing with crimes and delinquencies, including the victims of these vices.

The Association is the beam of hope for the future generation and is established to advance professionalism and become a leader in advocating the ideas required to make our criminal justice system democratic to unlock the dominant potential of our noble profession and salvage membership welfares. Nigerian criminologists and security practitioners – persons interested in criminological matters – should be motivated to do research on Nigerian criminology. We should also encourage our brothers and sisters, including members of other criminological bodies outside the shores of this country to share their experiences and exchange information with us to forge professional linkages in the field.

Therefore, we have implicit confidence that our intelligence gathering, pragmatic suggestions/advice, strategies and innovative ideas proffered by eminent and thorough-bred professionals of our noble organization will salvage National Security challenges.

For membership and further information, contact:

Website: www.nacsp.org.ng
Email: info@nacsp.org.ng or nacsswatchdogs@yahoo.com
facebook: nacspwatchdogs
Twitter @ nacsphqters.
08034505234, 07030166316.