A Lagos State University professor has spent $12,000, equivalent to N18 million, to produce 100 copies of security textbooks and deliver an e training programme for students across eight Nigerian Universities, in what he described as a personal commitment to developing criminology education in the country.

Prof. Adedeji Oyenuga, who coordinates the Master in Criminology and Security Studies programme at LASU, stated that the project was deliberately designed to extend beyond his own Institution. "Ordinarily, I would have given it to all LASU students, but as a professor of criminology, I decided to bring on board all the other Universities that I have interacted with," he disclosed.

Participating Institutions include Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye; Osun State University; Thomas Adewunmi University, Oko, Kwara State; and the University of Ilorin, among others. The 100 copies of the books were distributed free to officials in the security sector, with additional participants selected online for the training component.

Oyenuga used the platform to renew his call for security to be placed at the top of Nigeria's budgetary priorities. "We have to invest a lot in security. A lot. It should be number one on the list of investments in Nigeria. When you write our budget, insecurity should be the first thing that we want to tackle. But it's not our top priority," he stated.

He also challenged citizens to take personal responsibility for intelligence sharing rather than placing all blame on the Government. "Do you know a man selling drugs on your street? Have you ever reported that man before? You have intelligence within your reach. You are not sharing the intelligence, but you expect the government far away from you to be able to get intelligence without you providing the intelligence," he stated.

The training featured a virtual contribution from Robert Fried, Vice President of the Society of Professional Investigators in New York City, who addressed the growing complexities of digital forensics. Fried, a 24 year industry veteran, warned that AI enabled crime through voice and image mimicry is "very serious" and cautioned against over-reliance on automated tools. "You have to connect the dots. We cannot just say AI is here. AI is going to solve the issues because there's more to investigations than just looking through the information," he stated.

Fried attributed the collaboration to a chance encounter. "I saw him on a television program. I reached out to him. He wrote me back. A single conversation has now turned into a collaboration, a friendship, an ability to keep impacting more and more people," he revealed.