IGP decries ‘alarming rate’ of cybercrime

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has described as alarming the rate of cybercrime in Nigeria.
The IGP also attributed the increasing trend of cybercrime to greed.
He spoke during Interpol Cybercrime Training for Practitioner Investigators from African Countries held in Abuja on Monday.
To curb the increasing trend and outsmart the perpetrators, Idris noted that he has established a Cybercrime Unit within the Interpol National Central Bureau in Nigeria that will tackle the challenges of cybercrime down to local government level.
He also disclosed that efforts are being put in place to equip the unit with the tools and techniques to boost its capacities in fields such as IP crime enquiries, identity fraud, online tracking of suspects, electronic crime scene investigation and the forensic examination of computers, computer networks and mobile devices.
Speaking on the cybercrime and essence of training, the IGP, who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Force Criminal Intelligence and Investigation, Hycent Dagala, said “investigating offences in the cyberspace has assumed a major policing requirement in Nigeria and I guess other jurisdictions across Africa.
“Cybercriminals have enjoyed a long start ahead of law enforcement agents and inflicted serious injuries on the citizens we are sworn to protect. While we continue to grapple with traditional methods of policing, emerging trends in crime now deploy new skills and technologies. We must in turn, therefore, develop new ways and methods to adapt to current challenges.”


Sources: the nations