…Kwara has high rate of internet fraud – Cyber security expert
A cyber company, PROVAREX has held the maiden edition of its cyber security summit in Ilorin.
The summit was held on 18th of December at the Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin, the Kwara state Capital.
The summit, with hundred of participats, has three phases with expert in cyber fraud, cyber security, internet protection, among several others.
Speaking during the event, the Convener of the programme and cyber security expert, Mahmood Abdullahi Loke disclosed that Kwara state is one of the most victimised state when it comes to cyber fraud.
Loke said, “Cyber Crime has been a parasitic activities that surreptitiously and actively eat the human resources in all aspect of life. It has been the cause of some negative effects in the society such as loss of life, financial loss, loss of trust and human relation, and so on.
“Provarex as a body that fosters on Cyber Security took a bold step to mitigate Cyber Crime in our environment. On analysis, we discovered Kwara State is one of the most victimized state in respect to Cyber Scams, example of such is Bank Scams that most people experienced today in the community.
“Provarex pushed out hand of humanity to the CEO of SOBI FM, Alh Lukman Olayiwola Mustapha to help mitigate Cyber Crime using Sobi FM as a way to reach bigger audience. The on air sensitization went well and actually gave us the analysis that many people were once a victim of Cyber Crime, which thousands of people are yet to be wary of.”
He continued, “It started with a bottlenecking process but thank to the Almighty God, we were able to share with the community our experiences on Cyber Crime and Scams and way to combat them. We received many responses after the event which actually made us realize that hundreds of people have been sensitized.
“We realized much more that the perpetrator of this Cyber Scams are mostly youth that need some petty cash to sustain their greedy living life.
“We’re not resting, we’re not sleeping and we’re going to make sure Cyber Crime and Scams are mitigated to the lowest level by educating people day by day, because the bad guys are not sleeping as well.”