U.S FBI Donates Forensic Equipments to EFCC to Combat Cyber Crimes (Photos)

 

Yesterday, at the Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the United State acting Consul General, Dehab Ghereab, unbehalf of the U.S Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), donated a forensic work station to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to assist it in fighting graft.

The equipment, technically referred to as Forensic Recovery of Evidence Device, FRED, was presented to the Head of Operations, EFCC, Iliyasu Kwarbai.

 

Ghereab disclosed that the equipment will enhance the EFCC’s effort in the fight against cyber crime and standardize its operations. “As we engage in these practices, we needed our counterparts, so the FBI office made an assessment of the prevailing cases of cyber-based crimes which are not unique to Nigeria.”

 Illiyasu Kwarbai, receiving the equipment from from Dehab Ghereab.
 

Fritz Kennely, a technical personnel with the FBI, says that the device will help the EFCC in analyzing, processing and preserving digital evidence which can be presented in court in a clear, concise and understandable manner, thereby aiding judges to adjudicate effectively.

While receiving the device, EFCC's Kwarbai, thanked the FBI for their support to the Commission in the areas of manpower development and investigation.

Ghereab praised the long term partnership between the FBI and EFCC which spans over a decade existed for more than a decade and lauded the EFCC for its professionalism in its operations.