Police to create unit to tackle cybercrime

By Chizoba Ogbeche
Abuja

The Nigeria Police Force yesterday said it would create a special unit to deal with the rising cases of cybercrime in the country.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, disclosed this at a three-day Training Workshop on Cybercrime for police officers at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.
Idris who was represented by Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence department, AIG Umar Shehu, said the training further demonstrated the commitment of the force to check cybercrime in the country.
He said the workshop would focus on scientific police investigation processes, tools and techniques for tackling cybercrime, among others.

According to the police boss: “We are building on our existing forensic and cybercrime facilities in order to successfully tackle the menace of this complex crime. Apart from setting up a dedicated forensic and cybercrime unit, we are going to continue to educate our rank and file on ICT.”
Speaking further, IGP Idris said the force was also providing up to date training and retraining to the rank and file, noting that there was a need for collaboration between the police and the Cybercrime Advisory Council Office and other stakeholders to check the threat.
He reiterated the commitment of the force to do everything within its power to tackle cybercrime satting: “As you can see, the challenges we face in policing cybercrime are multidimensional.”
Earlier, Technical Advisor to the IGP on ICT, Prof. Olu Ogunshaki, said that cybercrime would continue to rise unless there was collaboration to fight it.