CITIZENS COMPASS-;THE Nigeria Police Force has rejigged it’s cyber crime units to checkmate cyber crime activities across Nigeria.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, in a statement, signed by CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, has ordered the immediate reorganization of the cybercrime units to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and a formidable front against cybercrime-related offences provided for in the Cybercrime Prevention Act, 2015.
With the reorganization, all the various units under investigative departments, hitherto investigating cybercrimes, will be merged under the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber-crime Centre domiciled in the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
The IGP equally ordered the appointment of Deputy Commissioner of Police, Henry Uche Ifeanyi, psc, as the Director in charge of the newly merged Centre.
DCP Uche holds a Master’s Degree in Security and Strategic Studies from the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and is currently pursuing a PhD in Cybersecurity at the University of Glasgow. He is a certified Ethical Hacker and a Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator, having attended several local and international courses on cyber security.
He is equally a member of INTERPOL Cybercrime Advisory Body, Association of Cybercrime Specialists, amongst other professional associations.
