Tope Shola Akinyetun teaches political science at Lagos State University of Education (LASUED), Lagos, Nigeria. He has reviewed papers for notable journals including, New Media Society (Sage), African Security Review (Routledge), Third World Quarterly (Routledge), and Regional Studies (Routledge). He has been featured in The Renata, Alternate Horizons, The Conversation, Conflict Trends, Kujenga Amani, Africa at London School of Economics and Political Science Blog, and the Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance (Springer). He is a member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), the International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS), and African Studies Centre (ASC) Leiden. He is the author of “Crime of Opportunity? A Theoretical Exploration of the Incidence of Armed Banditry in Nigeria” published by Insight on Africa, Vol. 14, Issue 2, 2022 and “Demography and Insecurity: Youth bulge and the Lake Chad Basin security quandary” published by African Security Review, doi: 10.1080/10246029.2023.2179413, 2023.