FG Moves To End Cyber Crime

The Attorney General of
the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, has said that the Federal Government is making pragmatic efforts towards ending cyber crime.
He made this known  during the 2nd  Annual Conference on Financial and  Cyber Crime, in Abuja, last Tuesday.
The Tide learnt that the statement was in favour of the Cybercrime Act 2015 and its implementation.
Malami who spoke through the Special Adviser to the President on Justice Reforms Mrs Juliet   Ibekaku-Nwagwu, said that the Ministry of Justice would ensure that cyber crime crusaders were prosecuted accordingly.
He said that since they were a threat to national security, the law must take its cause against them.
The Tide further recalled that the conference was put together by the Federal Ministry of Justice, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) in conjunction with the organised private sector (OPS).
According to him, the ministry was not  only targeting the implementation of  Cyber Crime Act 2015, but also that of Advanced  Fee Fraud Act of 2007.
He revealed that the country was in critical condition concerning cyber crime, adding that something urgent must be done.
Furthermore, he hinted that both collaborations and trainings were going on at various  departments and ministries in the federation to permanently  nip the ugly situation in the bud.
In his reaction, the  Director, Cyber Security, NITDA, Mr Chris Okeke, described the moves to adopt the Cyber Crime Act as a welcome development.
He hinted that his organisation had done a lot before  now in an attempt  to fight cyber crime.
Okeke, however, called on the     AGF to ensure  that the call to end cyber  crime became effective, saying that cyber crime has become a challenge.