EXAMINATION OF SECURITY AND ITS IMPLICATION IN NIGERIA SOCIETY

The study is sociological examination of undercover security and its impact in contemporary Society. The research design employed in the study was a descriptive survey. Hence, the study is a quantitative study that provides statistical data as empirical evidence and produces a descriptive and informative picture of the topic study. Based on the objectives of this study and the analysis, the study discovered that: indeed undercover investigation plays any significant role in combating organised crimes in the Nigeria society, amidst the growing trend of cyber/inter net fraud (yahoo, yahoo), banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism. The study also revealed that undercover security tends not only ignores the principle of individualized suspicion and the presumption of innocence but it also violates the right to privacy of citizens. More so, Spying on the people and carrying out cooperate espionage is important because this the only way treason and felony can be checkmate, and national security of the country can be assured. The findings of the study also revealed that the government use it as a means of blackmailing and keeping any sort of opposition in cheek. In the same vein, it gives the . government a strong weapon to use against anybody. The study thus recommended that: there should be legislation on privacy protection of the privacy of citizenry so as to maintain some level of trust between the government, security> agencies and the society. More so, there should be proper programmes in place that carries out background checks of undercover security agents, as well as psychiatric evaluation, so as ascertain their stability, state of mind, and loyalty> to the laws of the state. There should be adequate human capacity training for . undercover security agents on how to carry out safe undercover investigation that does not violates the rights of the citizens of the state.