The American Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has donated a
forensic work station to the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission 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, Lagos
Zonal office of the EFCC, Iliyasu Kwarbai, by the United State acting
Consul General, Dehab Ghereab.
According to Ghereab, the equipment will enhance the EFCC’s effort in
the fight against cyber crime and standardize its operations.
Ghereab said: “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.”
In the views of Fritz Kennely, a technical personnel with the FBI,
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.
Kwarbai while receiving the device thanked the FBI for their support
to the Commission in the areas of manpower development and
investigation.
Ghereab on her part 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.
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