Cybercrime: Nigerian Policeman Lands Top INTERPOL Job

A Nigerian policeman has landed a top job with the International Police Organisation (INTERPOL).

He is Commissioner of Police, CP Ifeanyi Henry Uche, who has now been appointed Chairman of the African Heads of Cybercrime Units.

The unit comprises heads of 54 countries, and CP Uche , Commissioner of Police in charge Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre (NPF -NCCC) is not to direct its affairs.

, “The high penetration rate of new technologies in Africa increasingly exposes the sub-regional cyberspace as potential targets for cybercriminals as most African countries still have low levels of commitment to cybersecurity”, the new appointee has said.

Speaking at the closing of the Africa Working Group Meeting on Cybercrime today, he added:

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“It is important that we join the operational sub groups created by INTERPOL to bolster our collective efficiency in the fight against cybercrime in the subregion.

“Resource sharing, the level of information and intelligence among African law enforcement is still at its lowest ebb largely blamed on extant domestic laws.

“I advocate for the establishment of African Incident Response Mechanism and Cybersecurity Frameworks on a Police-to-Police basis to eliminate the bottlenecks impeding free flow of resources.

“We must leverage the INTERPOL NCB 1/247 communication network and existing capabilities with regard to sharing of classified intelligence.”

He also bemoaned that most African countries do not have a specialized Cybercrime Unit dedicated for the investigation of Cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime, but this was a necessity.

“I implore member states to under-study the Nigeria police model of the Nigeria police Force National Cybercrime Center (NPF-NCCC).

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“Investment in Technology, Infrastructure and Capacity building through a deliberate effort by member states to make the multi-million-dollar commitment in acquiring the much-needed technology and digital solution as a prelude to efficient cybercrime response and prevention.

“We must begin to look inwards by developing indigenous technologies to address our peculiar socio-cultural challenges”, Uche stated..