The Nigeria Police has said that it would soon start developing criminal records register in a bid to curb crime in the country.
The police spokesperson, Emmanuel
Ojukwu, said the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has signed
an agreement with the Association of Criminal Records Office based in
the United Kingdom.
Mr. Ojukwu said there is a need for the synergy in order to reequip the police security architecture.
“When fully operational, this synergy
will, among other things, review Nigeria police criminal justice system,
develop criminal records register, provide police with electronic
criminal records gadgets, and modernize police information technology
needs,” Mr. Ojukwu said.
There were presentations on benefits of
the electronic finger print data base, basically for the records
register made by David Mckinney and Graeme Wallace from ACRO.
Also in attendance during the
presentations were members of the Nigeria Police Forum, Metropolitan
Police U.K, representatives from the Ministry of Police Affairs,
Prisons, Economic and Financial Crime Commission and the Nigeria
Immigration Service.
Mr. Arase said that the benefit of
having forensiled investigation cannot be overemphasized, as this
fortifies the strategic importance of partnering with ACRO.
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