The Nigeria Police has renewed its efforts toward combating cybercrimes in the country, the latest being its decision to create a Specialists Unit, the Force said this decision is geared towards dealing with the surge in cybercrime in Nigeria.
Ibrahim Idris, Inspector-General of Police (I-G), disclosed this at a three-day Training Workshop on Cybercrime for police officers in Abuja. Idris was represented by AIG Umar Shehu, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Intelligence department. According to him, the training further demonstrated the commitment of the force to check cybercrime in the country. He said that the workshop would focus on scientific police investigation processes, tools and techniques for tackling cybercrime, among others.
“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,“ he said.
He also revealed the decision of the force to provide up-to-date training and retraining to the rank and file. He said that there was a need for collaboration between the police and the Cybercrime Advisory Council Office and other stakeholders to check the threat.
“As you can see, the challenges we face in policing cybercrime are multidimensional,“ he said.
