The Senate on Thursday prescribed a penalty of seven years imprisonment was for cyber crimes and online fraud perpetrators in Nigeria as recommended.

The decision of the Senate on cyber crimes bill was sequel to the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights.

It could be recalled that the bill on cyber crimes was sponsored by Senator Adegbenga Kaka.

The bill, tagged: “A Bill for an Act to Provide for the Prohibition, Prevention, Detection, Response, Investigation and Prosecution of Cybercrimes and for Other Related Matters 2014,” seeks among other objectives to punish the interception of data, system interference and misuse of devices.

In addition, the bill is seeking to punish all kinds of computer-related fraud, computer-related forgery, offences relating to pornography, cyber-stalking and cyber-squatting, just as it seeks to promote cyber security, protection of computer
systems and networks, electronic communications, data and computer programmes, intellectual property and privacy rights.

Specifically, it is stated in the bill that anyone who commits fraud using a computer system or network with the intention of obtaining computer data, securing access to any programme, commercial or industrial secrets or classified information will upon conviction be sentenced to seven years jail term or a fine of N7 million or both.

Furthermore, in the report considered by Upper Chamber,anyone found guilty of possessing a manipulative device, unauthorised automatic teller machine card, damaging a computer with the intention to defraud, trafficking in any password to defraud customers or financial institutions will be sentenced to seven years imprisonment or a N7 million fine.

Similarly, any person or organisation who intentionally traffics in any password or similar information through a computer unlawfully with the intention to defraud public and private interests within or outside Nigeria will be liable upon conviction to a fine of N7 million or three years imprisonment.

The bill also spells out a three-year jail term or N2 million fine for anyone who knows that a crime has been committed in his premises or cybercafe and fails to report to relevant authorities within seven days.

While the bill provides for compulsory registration of all cybercafes as business concerns with Computer Professionals’ Registration Council in addition to business name registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission, it also spells out three years jail term or a fine of N1 million for anyone who perpetrates electronic fraud through a cybercafe.

In the situation where the fraud is found to have been perpetrated in connivance with the owner (s) of the cybercafe,such owners shall be liable to a fine of N2 million or three years jail term.

A stiffer punishment of 10 years imprisonment without an option of fine against anyone who commits any offences in relation to critical national information infrastructure and 15 years imprisonment for any person who commits such
a crime resulting in bodily harm and life imprisonment for such crime if it results in death of another person is also prescribed for offenders in the bill.

In his remarks after the passage of the bill, the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who presided, explained that enacting anti-cyber crime law became important because there was no computer at the time penal and criminal code came into force.

Ekweremadu added that Nigeria, which is seen as a cyber crime nation, would get the wrong perception removed with the passage of the bill and application of its prescribed m penalties to internet fraudsters .

He said: “With the passage of this bill today and appropriate application of its prescribed laws against cyber crimes and other related matters, Nigeria will henceforth be seen as a country seriously stamping out cyber crimes, which to us here at the Senate and by extension, the National Assembly, is a major milestone in our lawmaking enterprise.” (The Eagle Online)

Nobleval:
Thieves. What of corrupt government officials and political office holders.

FrancisTony:
Good move!

GEJ till 2015

Rilwayne001:


Well, everything will Change if Buhari is voted in as the nations president nexr year. He has a good anti-corruption record. He will fight corruption to the depth.

[/quote] cyber-stalking and cyber-squatting [quote]

Rilwayne001:


When the president himself is corrupt, what do you expect from government officials and political office holders? What do you expect from some corrupted citizens as well?....

[s]Well, everything will Change if Buhari is voted in as the nations president nexr year. He has a good anti-corruption record. He will fight corruption to the depth.[/s]

Myself2:


Make I hear word
[s] Nothing will change,Buhari is a corrupt hypocrite,let him come and explain his role in the 53 suitcases and the $2.8 billion dollars he stole into his midland bank account[/s]

Rilwayne001:




Fixed

Rilwayne001:


Still coming back to this ^^ before then please help GEJ explain the following:


- Mishandling the abduction of the ChibokGirls.
- Inconsistency in the handling Boko Haram crisis. And the apparent shielding of Boko Haram Sponsors for reasons best know to him.

- When asked to declare his assets, he declared - "I Don't Give A Dam"
- He was also wrong for claiming not to know where the Girls were held (his top general publicly said he know).

- He protect known Boko Haram sponsors. Even traveled to Chad with one.
- Senate provided additional funds to pay for Subsidy till April 2012, but Jonathan ambushed Nigerians who traveled to Xmas in 2011 with his anti-people policy.

- Till date nobody is jail for looting N100b Police funds. Till date there is not record of over 20billion of that money.
- Jonathan and his minister organized illegal immigration job scam, 19 applicants got killed, he did not employ even one of them and none of the applicants were refunded the money the government extorted from them.

- How about the persecution of #BringBackOurGirls campaigners. After 6 months of continuous campaign, Jonathan have not even spoken to the group (is he not worse than the cabal that kept him in Mrs Turai's kitchen?)
- In order to have monopoly of spending money from sales of Crude oil (a duty of the Federal Executive Council), for 3 years he did not remit $49billion.

- When Sanusi wrote him, he kept quiet, when it became public knowledge, he denied it. But when more details were release and Sanusi refused to back down, they came with a long list of what NNPC did with it (Refineries maintenance, running cost, funding the budget, paying subsidy, funding FG projects). Who sent them?

- Till date, Jonathan cannot account for $10.8 billion and if you add the funds illegally spent on Kerosene Subsidy, it will amount to $20 billion.
- Jonathan abhors clean hands. See Ribadu, Soludo and Sanusi - individuals lured, deceived and clamped down on for trying the little they can.

- Out of Jonathan's numerous Committees, none have been completely implemented. Some are even completely abandoned.
- Jonathan is receptive to Corruption, even communities in the SS paid by oil companies never got the money. Few people ambushed and shared the money (Jonathan and his anti-corruption agencies are silent). Even people that have served jail time are pardoned.

- Many Nigerians are suffering for not compromising their patriotism to the nation. Here is a word from the president to them "Stealing Is Not Corruption". How are they suppose to remain strong now that it is now officially against them.
- Jonathan have not put any high profile thief in jail (even in the villages). Under Jonathan, don't steal - If you must, make it big (nothing will happen to you, you will even get a front row).

- All the money reserved for difficult years ahead have been depleted by Jonathan and his crew instead of growing it.
- A commander in chief who cannot visit some sections of Nigeria as if they are foreign lands.

FrancisTony:


Re-fix my post before what happened to Buhari three times in a row, repeat itself once again.

kuderrich:
weed no good body oh......wake up from ur slp guy

Rilwayne001:


You are sick

No?

Rilwayne001:



Tale it or leave it Buhari will win the presidential poll next year, You and Gej should get ready for your annus horribilis

Nobleval:
you actually quoted me to type this sh:t?

Rilwayne001:


I did'nt type any sh:t, if not the truth.

The truth will set you free....Nigeria must change, Truth will set you free from bondage.

GEJ TILL 2019

kuderrich:
God go punish those who brainwash u,

u need serious re-orientation

jejemanito:

it's 4pm for heaven's sake how can you still be dreaming by this time of the day haba!

Rilwayne001:


Are u okay?

Did you see me sleeping? Did you see me dreaming?

This is reality..