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IGP recognizes Police Cybercrime unit, merges unit into NPF Cybercrime section

° Appoints DCP Uche as head

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the immediate reorganization of the cybercrime units of the Nigeria Police Force to ensure efficiency and a formidable front against cyber-related offences provided for in the Cybercrime Prevention Act, 2015.

In a statement by Force Police Public Relations Officer (FPRO) CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the reorganization meant that all the various units under investigative departments, hitherto investigating cybercrimes, would 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, 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”.

Similarly, the IGP decorated the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Bompai Division, Kano State Command, Daniel Itse Amah, who rejected a bribe of $200,000 in Kano, with his new rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Saturday, in the IGP’s office at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.

The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Thursday rewarded the senior officer with a special promotion to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) and cash sum of N1million for rejecting the bribe to cover up a crime reported at his Division.

DCP Uche

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