The spate of incidents relating to terrorism and wanton attacks on lives and properties in Nigeria, has motivated calls for more advanced methods in the fight against insecurity. Major roads in the country are now hot spots for kidnapping and killings, while in many parts of the country bandit’s herdsmen and extremists have unleashed mayhem and terror on innocent citizens. Asides the deployment of the Nigerian military and other security agencies for combat and physical engagement, there is need to intensify intelligence monitoring of suspicious activities and criminal hangouts and leverage such monitoring with I.T. and Artificial intelligence (A.I.)
SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENT DELIVERED ON: 12TH MARCH, 2021
BACKGROUND FACTS:
The Respondent was arrested by the Appellant on the ground of suspicion of being in possession of money said to be proceeds of illegal activities under Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Related Offences Act, 2006 (the Fraud Act).
Recently The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 16th March, 2021 directed staff of all institutions in the Nigerian financial system especially bankers to declare their assets to the EFCC.
Introduction
In the twilight of the year 2019, the world was plagued by a disease hitherto unknown and whose virulence and morbidity factors are high-pitched.
According to the 2016 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), Nigeria ranked third out of the five countries with the highest impact from terrorism.
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