Insecurity: Nigeria moving digital to track criminals via call and sms.
By: Danaudi Comrade
POLITICS DIGEST – Gangs of criminals across the length and breadth of Nigeria are testing the strength of our State appratus and for quite sometimes the President Muhammadu Buhari led Government has received its own shared of criticisms especially from the opposition Political Party that are holding the APC neck to neck on the current nation Security challenges.Nigerians were of the strong believe that Baba Buhari will change the bad narratives of bloodshed which many said was a consistent failure of Political leadership.
Since the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2015 , countless measures has been taken,necessary supports and logistics are constantly maintain all in the Government efforts to combat insecurity challenges. It is another historic day and a happy moment for the Nigerian citizens as the Nigerian Senate approved a total of N4.86 billion for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to spy and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages of Nigerians.
Insecurity today in Nigeria is testing the strength of our State appratus and for quite sometimes the President Muhammadu Buhari led Government has received its own shared of criticisms especially from the opposition Political Party that are holding the APC neck to neck on the current nation Security challenges.Nigerians were of the strong believe that Baba Buhari will change the bad narratives of bloodshed which many said was a consistent failure of Political leadership.
Since the coming of President Muhammadu Buhari administration in 2015 , countless measures has been taken,necessary supports and logistics are constantly maintain all in the Government efforts to combat insecurity challenges. It is another historic day and a happy moment for the Nigerian citizens as the Nigerian Senate approved a total of N4.86 billion for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) to spy and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls and text messages of Nigerians.
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) Staff are regarded to be highly skilled, intelligent and very discreet in their operations. According to Public Policy expert- Valentine Tobechukwu Achum, NIA has a manifest (albeit covert) role of preserving Nigeria’s eminence, pride and dignity through repossessing and intercepting secret information that is capable of imperilling Nigeria’s National Interest and breaching its National Security.⁰The role and functions of the NIA are roughly equivalent to those of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It will assist in tracking data of all Nigerians Particularly the crying fowls that it is targeted at all Nigerians.
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This amount is enough to procure equipments such as StingRay devices technology that mimics a cellphone tower, causing nearby cellphones to connect and pass data through them instead of legitimate towers.This process is invisible to the end-user and allows the device operator’s full access to any communicated data.This technology is a form of Man-in-the-middle attack.
StingRays are used by law enforcement agencies to track people’s movements, and intercept and record conversations, names, phone numbers and text messages from mobile phones.Their use entails the monitoring and collection of data from all mobile phones within a target area.
These divices are commonly used in the developed nations like United States of America by CIA and FBI to track data of criminals making it easier for them to trace terror groups whenever such needs arises. It means this can be replicated here in Nigeria by our highly trained and skilled National Intelligence Agency (NIA) , DSS, Nigerian Poliice and all other forces within our Security formations. The President has during the dinner with the Members of the National Assembly said that he would have done more enough in the areas of infrastructural development if not because of the ongoing Insecurity across the country. This is very true because of the amount been spend to finance Security in Nigeria and the President must be commended for standing firm to defend the country at all cost despite negative criticisms funded by benificiaries of the ongoing bloodshed in Nigeria.
I don’t want to attributes interior motives on the part of the opposition Political parties in Nigeria but they have demonstrated openly their incapacitation to come with constructive criticisms against ill policies and programs of the Buhari Government if any. They have reduced themselves to a mere crying hungry cats to suits their personal ergos at the detriment of the overall National interest of Nigerians and the country in General. As a responsible citizens ,We have a duty to always of preserving the country’s dignity by rallying support to Government to ensure that its Core Mandates of Protecting the lives and properties of the citizens is achievable and sustainable at all cost.
Those against this development is nothing but a circumcicial ram that need to be overlook as one of those behind our current challenges that is holding to ransom Particularly the Boko Haram sect in the North East , Bandits in the North Central, Ravaging kidnappings ,Farmers/Herders conflicts ,the activities of Sessessionist elements in the Southern part and many more. This is the beginning and it is step in the right direction, The President and the National Assembly are worriors in this regards. I am confident that with this latest technologies targeted at the gang of criminals is indeed a step forward in our collective Commitment to crush down our common enemies to set our country Nigeria free from any forms of criminality and certainly it is a Journey to the death end to the above mentioned gangs of criminals sooner or later.
Sani Danaudi Mohammed (SDM)
National President,
Arewa Youth Advocate for Peace and Unity Initiative, Writes from Bauchi State, Nigeria.
