The revelation was made by the Chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ola
Olukoyede 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.
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