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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Cybercrimes: FG approves establishment of prosecution unit

The Federal Government on Wednesday strengthened its dragnet against cybercrimes by approving the setting up of a Computer Crime Prosecution Unit.


The CCPU would be responsible for the prosecution of people found to be involved in cybercrimes.

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The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) who gave the approval, stated that the crusade against cybercrimes would not be prosecuted without developing the necessary structure and capacity to do so.


A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the AGF, Mr. Ambrose Momoh quoted Adoke as explaining that that there was need for Nigeria “to have a robust cyber security and cybercrime prevention/prosecution structure to drive issues related to cybercrime.”


The CCPU will be under the supervision of the Public Prosecution Department of the Federal Ministry of Justice.

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