IGP Designates Banks National Security Asset, Orders Crackdown on Cyber Frauds

Nigeriacommunicationsweek | 14-02-2026 12:25pm |

Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of Police (IGP), has declared Nigeria’s banking industry a strategic national asset, ordering an immediate intelligence-led crackdown on cybercriminal networks, insider facilitators, and transnational financial crime syndicates threatening the stability of the financial system. Speaking at a strategic meeting with the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) and the Body of

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