Eunice Afolabi |
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba, has urged members of the public, and strategic partners in the security and policing of the country, to report all forms of cybercrimes – identity theft, child sexual exploitation, cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, credit card fraud, internet fraud and other forms of cybercrimes online through the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
The IGP explained that the Cybercrime Reporting Portal that is domiciled at the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, helps the force access intelligence and data sharing between the 195 member countries of the INTERPOL.
He also noted that the portal has various other resources to be enjoyed by visitors to the website such as abridged cybercrime awareness material, online safety tips, the 2015 Cybercrime Act and Africa’s First Storified Cybersecurity Handbook – “no go fall maga”, in portable document format.
In the quest to expand the intelligence gathering capability of the Nigeria Police Force, the IGP has ordered the immediate completion of a new office complex opposite the Louis Edet House for the Force Intelligence Bureau.
The new complex will be fitted with ICT-based state-of-the-art gadgets which will be in tune with contemporary intelligence gathering realities.
The IGP, who is a devoted believer in the wide display of possibilities available for effective policing via intelligence gathering, has tasked the Assistant Inspector-General of Police Force Intelligence Bureau (AIG-FIB), on the effective deployment of human and materials assets for effective gathering of active intelligence.
He equally instructed the AIG-FIB to begin immediate training for its officers and men on the use of the new office complex, and deployment of the new gadgets.
While reiterating the commitment of the Force to ensuring protection of lives and property, he compels all stakeholders of security to guarantee effective and timely dissemination of available and actionable intelligence for rapid police action with a view to accomplishing useful policing and public safety across the country.
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