The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, has raised the alarm over the threats posed
by cybercrime, revealing that Nigeria lost more than $500 million to the
criminal activity in 2022.
Chairman of the anti-graft agency,
Ola Olukoyede spoke during a National Cybercrime Summit in Abuja
on Tuesday.
“As a matter of fact, the research
I did earlier this year confirmed that cybercrime has become the
third largest GDP in the world with approximately 2,328 cases occurring daily.
“The implication of all
this is that if left unchecked, cybercrimes portend grave dangers to the entire
world.
“Bringing it to Nigeria, in 2022
alone, Nigeria lost over $500 million to cybercrime,” he said.
The chairman of the EFCC noted that cybercrime constitutes
a significant percentage of the convictions recorded by the
agency since he took office a year ago.
However, Olukoyede revealed
that the agency has made plans to rechannel the energies of young
people who are mostly perpetrators of cybercrime.
Source: ReubenAbati