EFCC trains 100 officers on forensic document examination ‘to boost investigation’
The training aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the commission’s investigative processes.
By Idris Temidayo
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has trained 100 of its officers on forensic document examination, digital forensics, fingerprint and crime scene management.
The One-day training, held in Oaklands Hotel, GRA in Enugu, drew participants from different cadres.
Dele Oyewale, the EFCC’s spokesperson said in a statement on Monday that the training with the theme ‘Forensics revamped: Empowering investigations’ was initiated by the commission’s forensics and crime laboratory services department (FCLSD)
Oyewale said the training aimed at enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the commission’s investigative processes.
“The training was focused on improving the laboratory processes, procedures, modernising forensics techniques, incorporating advanced technologies and providing comprehensive training to first responders,” the statement reads.
Oyewale said Joshua Oloye, an assistant commander of the EFCC, trained officers on forensics document examination.
He quoted Oloye to have said that a document can be questioned because of its origin and circumstances regarding its production.
He added that the examiner needs genuine documents for comparing the questioned document to arrive at the desired conclusion, noting that the materials for comparison purposes are known as specimens.
Oloye, according to the EFCC’s spokesperson, described a specimen as a sample of handwriting, signature and documents collected for examination.
Ladi Akujobi, a deputy superintendent of the EFCC, outlined classes of digital forensics which include computer forensics, live forensics, mobile forensics, network forensics, among others.
The training also exposed participants to topics like fingerprint and crime scene management, forensics audio, video and image analysis.
Earlier, while declaring the training open, Mohammed Bello, the acting zonal director of the Enugu zonal directorate of the EFCC, represented by Ekerendu Effiong, the assistant commander of the commission, noted that the anti-graft agency has the best forensics experts in West Africa.
He urged the participants to optimise the exposure that the training offered.
