Abuja.
The Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Usman Baba Alkali, has advised members of the public, comprising strategic partners in security and policing in Nigeria, to report all forms of cyber crimes online through the Nigeria Police Force Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
The IGP gave the advice in a statement signed by by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Wednesday in Abuja.
The Police boss gave the name of the portal as https://incb.npf.gov.ng, interpolnigeria@npf.gov.ng, via WhatsApp on 07043797900, and via call/SMS on 08094557845.
He identified such cyber crimes as theft, child sexual exploitation, cyber-stalking, cyber-bullying, credit card fraud and internet fraud, among others.
Alkali said the Cybercrime Reporting Portal, domiciled at the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, availed the Force with access to intelligence and data sharing between the 195 member countries of the INTERPOL.
According to the IGP, the portal also has various resources to be enjoyed by visitors to the website such as abridged cybercrime awareness material, online safety tips.
The advantages members of public could derive from visiting the website are; the 2015 Cybercrime Act and Africa’s First Storified Cybersecurity Handbook – “no go fall maga”, in portable document format.
Adejobi said that the IGP, his quest to expand the intelligence gathering capability of the Nigeria Police Force, the IGP, had ordered the immediate completion of a new office complex, opposite the Louis Edet House, for the Force Intelligence Bureau.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
