The U.S. is helping establish a state-of-the-art Secure Evidence Storage Facility at the Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Division Headquarters in Garki, Abuja.
This project is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
The project will be administered by both Nigerian and international experts from UNODC.
In his remarks, IGP representative Tony Olufu Adejoh, noted, “I want to thank the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and United States for their most welcome support and sincerely impress upon them that they can embrace us on the fight against terrorism and other serious crimes.”
During the kick-off ceremony, U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, noted, “Every stage of the evidence process is important; from the initial collection, handling, recording, storing, preserving, transporting, and ultimately to exhibits being presented in court all have major effect on the outcome of justice.”
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Also in attendance were, Commissioner of Police, Anti-fraud Unit, Force Criminal Investigation Division, the Chief of the Terrorisms Prevention Branch of The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Masood Karimipour, representatives from the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, and the Office of the National Security Adviser.
