Between 24–26 May 2023 the Council of Europe, through the joint EU-CoE GLACY+ project, in co-operation with the OCWAR-C project and the Federal Ministry of Justice in Nigeria, supported the organisation of the national consultations on the amendments of the cybercrime legal framework.
The consultations brought together more than 100 stakeholders from the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy, as well as other governmental institutions, law enforcement representatives, private sector and NGOs. The Federal High Court of Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the Nigerian Bar Association, the African Cybersecurity Group of Experts, the Cybercrime Advisory Council and the EU Delegation to Nigeria also took part in the consultations.
The consultations facilitated the discussion between the stakeholders on the overall necessary amendments of the 2015 Cybercrime Act and the potential next steps of the legislative reform.
The threeday consultations concluded with a consensus from the stakeholders with respect to the need for updating and amending the national legislation in the area of cybercrime to be in line with the Convention on Cybercrime. The GLACY+ project stands ready to continue supporting the domestic legislative reform on cybercrime and electronic evidence in Nigeria.
