The Nigeria Police has commenced the development of crime and incident data bank to ensure that crime suspects in Nigeria do not escape the law. The innovation would allow the Nigerian Police to acquire and maintain the criminal profile of suspects, convicts, ex-convicts and persons of interest as well as aid speedy resolution of crimes.
The project will also assist employers of labour to carry out discreet background check on their employees. According to the project developer and Managing Director of Hardcore Biometric System, Mr. Kizito Ofonagoro, an information technology engineer, the project would allow the Police to build criminal profile of all offenders.
He said: “The project is about developing a crime and incident database for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to help compile data of every one who has committed a crime or involved in one in any part of the country. The purpose of the database is to give a broad over view into the criminal history of any persons in Nigeria.
“It would allow the NPF build criminal profile of continuous offenders, thereby establishing patterns which will aid the much precision needed in criminal investigation. It would also allow the NPF perform finger-print dusting on crime scene, weapons and other crime scene artifacts which can be used to conduct searches on the data and provide matches.
“By maintaining a forensic history of spent weapons casings, the NPF will have additional means of identifying weapon used in multiple crimes. It would also help promote international co-operation between the NPF and other international agencies such as embassies, high commissions, Interpol, United Nations. The database would also be linked to Nigeria Immigration Service, identifying illegal immigrants and locating them.”
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