WILLIAMS TOYIN AKANLE.mni, fniis, ms is the senatorial candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Akanle is a seasoned and astute security professional who enjoy challenges and demonstrates advanced problem-solving skills. An accomplished and distinguished security intelligence professional who has had over three decades of successful and significant career tenure in the State Security Service.
During this period, he served in several capacities and in several parts of the country, especially in States with high profile security threats where his crisis management capability has been variously tested and proven. At various times, he served as State Director of Security in several States across the Country.
Akanle was one time Director of Intelligence and Director National Assembly Liaison at the National Headquarters of the State Security Service. He peaked his career as the Director of the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), Abuja, the country’s highest Training and Manpower Development Institute for top cadre personnel of security intelligence, Law Enforcement, Para- Military and Regulatory Agencies.
A Mass Communication graduate of the University of Lagos, Akanle holds post graduate degrees in Managerial Psychology and Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has attended various professional trainings, courses, workshops and seminars in Nigeria, Europe, Israel and the United States of America.
As an alumnus of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, he is a member of the National Institute, a Fellow of the Nigerian Institute for Industrial Security, member of the American Society of Industrial Security International and also a Member of the Society for Peace Studies and Practice. In the area of Emergency Management and Contingency Planning, Akanle has been most effective. He is a Peace and Conflicts scholar and practitioner, specializing in crisis management through Mediation and Negotiation. He is a speaker on institutional, national, sub-regional and global security challenges.
Presently, Akanle is the Managing Partner and CEO of Brookesides International Limited. He is a Security Consultant/Adviser to several organizations both in the public and private sectors in Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
A person of credibility, resource and intelligence.
