Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola Advocates Tripod Model to Tackle Nigeria’s Insecurity

Nigeria’s persistent insecurity challenge, according to Professor Ojo Emmanuel Ademola, requires more than armed intervention—it calls for a comprehensive framework capable of addressing underlying issues and strengthening national resilience. Speaking on Channels TV’s Morning Brief, the Africa’s first Professor of Cybersecurity and Information Technology Management outlined his Tripod Model as a strategic guide for rebuilding stability across the country.

Professor Ademola explained that the Tripod Model is anchored on three mutually reinforcing pillars:

Security Architecture: Enhancing synergy among the armed forces, police, and civil defence to promote accountability, ensure swift response, and foster coordinated operations.

Socio-Economic Empowerment: Addressing poverty, unemployment, and inequality by investing in education, skill development, and entrepreneurship. He noted, “Security without socio-economic justice is a bandage on a festering wound.”

Community Intelligence: Positioning grassroots structures, traditional institutions, and faith-based groups as frontline contributors to security, supported by technology-enabled intelligence systems.

He stressed the need to confront insecurity at the national, state, and local levels. This includes empowering governors to adopt state policing models under robust oversight and encouraging communities to assume active roles within Nigeria’s broader security network.

Professor Ademola wrapped up with a forward-looking message, stating:
“The tripod model is not theory—it is a practical roadmap for resilience. If Nigeria embraces security, empowerment, and intelligence together, we will not only curb insecurity but also lay the foundation for national renewal and generational stability.”