Do Not Arrest People with Laptops in Nigeria - Tech Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Communications has put its voice against incessant harassment of young people with computers in Nigeria by the Police. That is a good solidarity call for the growth of the broad tech sector in the country.
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Communications (FMC), has frowned at wrongful profiling of young persons operating computing devices, urging for restraint.
The spokesperson for the communications minister, Uwa Suleiman, in a statement on Tuesday, conveyed the ministry’s disapproval over “widespread harassment of young Nigerians with personal computers, tablets or phablets in public places”.
Nigerian authorities, especially the anticorruption agency, EFCC, have of recent rave up fight against cybercrime, leading to widespread arrests of suspects.
Police officers also routinely harass young Nigerians carrying laptops.
“These reports indicate that young persons are generally regarded as fraudsters by officers of security agencies if found with such devices in their possession and subsequently subjected to varied f