The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency yesterday advocated the use of digital forensics for criminal investigations.
The head, Forensic and Intel Analyst of NDLEA, Mr Adebowale Abdulrahman, made the call in Abuja at the weekend, at a digital forensics workshop organised by Certified Systems Limited.
The expert said ‘It has become obvious that in a large number of recent investigations into crime, the mobile devices of suspects have been useful to investigating officers by serving as sources for reliable evidence.
‘Investigators are very often able to extract evidence of a suspect’s culpability from mobile phones and other digital devices like wrist watches and tablets.’
The Intel Forensic and Digital Analyser who was a top rank intelligence officer at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport said, ‘There is no doubt that digital forensics will play a key role in investigative efforts being made to address most terrorist cases currently going on in the North eastern parts of the country,’ adding that digital forensics will remarkably help to give accurate suggestions while analysing intelligence.
He commended security agencies for successfully rescuing the father of the ADC to President Muhammadu Buhari saying that government needed to be even more committed to deploying innovative technologies as it will help security agencies to fight crime.