EFCC Press Release
As a way of enhancing the collaboration between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the United States in the fight against economic and financial crimes, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, on Tuesday August 18, 2015 donated a forensic work station to the EFCC.
The
equipment, technically referred to as F.R.E.D (Forensic Recovery of Evidence
Device) 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. “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 preservation of 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 has existed
for more than a decade. She commended the EFCC for its professionalism and
encouraged it to keep up the good work.
Wilson Uwujaren
Head,
Media & Publicity
19th
August, 2015
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