Cybercrime Legislation Lobby Letter

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria: Consulting | Research | Telecentre Support | Youth-led Social Technopreneurship | ICT Capacity Building

Paradigm Initiative Nigeria 5 Stephen Oshunlalu Street

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January 30, 2012 Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki

Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Senate Chambers National Assembly Complex Three Arms Zone Abuja. Dear Senator Saraki:

CYBERCRIME LEGISLATION FOR NIGERIA

Thank you for your kind support, and for honouring our request for a courtesy visit. Sir, Nigeria hasn't always been in the news for the reasons her stakeholders desire but recent events have even made the bash-Nigeria-at-the-earliest-opportunity situation worse. Unfortunately, the Internet Crime Complaint Centre's popular 2010 Internet Crime Report had Nigeria retaining its #3 position (after only the US and the UK) again. At Paradigm Initiative Nigeria, we have answered tons of questions about why we should bother about Nigeria's position on the list since "the nations that should know better are even ahead of us in this crime", and here's some data to support our fears: Nigeria has 44 million internet users compared to the UK's 51.4 million and the US' 245 million. If we look at the global picture, 2.1% of global internet users reside in Nigeria, compared to 2.5% in the UK and 11.69% in the US. When we consider available bandwidth (which we have described as “plug-and-pray” instead of the globally celebrated “plug-and-play” access), power, customer service and socio-economic limitations that Nigerian internet users face, we expected Nigeria to be very far away from that unexalted position on the list. That gives everyone a reason to worry - and that includes those who are acting to curb the problem and those who have become experts at playing the blame game. In partnership with Microsoft, Economic & Financial Crimes Commission and the World Bank Civil Society Program, we are implementing a social campaign that seeks to redirect the energy of young Nigerians who are involved in the shameful vice towards virtuous ideals. Three key elements of the campaign are awareness/education, a planned rehabilitation


program and policy advocacy. We are shocked that Nigeria does not have any legislation that addresses the issue of cybercrime head-on. We have followed the ongoing discussions since the establishment of the Nigerian Cybercrime Working Group and got a little excited when stakeholders gathered to discuss one of the bills at the National Assembly in 2009. The Cyber Security and Data Protection Agency (Establishment, etc) Bill, sponsored by Hon. Etim Bassey, and listed as HB. 154 in the House of Assembly, and the Electronic Fraud Prohibition Bill, 2008 (SB. 185) sponsored by Senator Ayo Arise in the Senate (which missed a 3rd reading opportunity, just after committee report) already provide a foundation for what Nigeria needs, and we are glad to note that the Ministry of Justice, National Information Technology Development Agency and the National Security Adviser’s office have worked on a new draft that is expected to be forwarded to the National Assembly as an executive bill. A draft copy is attached, sir. Sir, more than at any other time in the history of Nigeria, we believe that now is the time for all stakeholders - youth, government, private sector, civil society, media, academia, etc - to work with the National Assembly towards an accelerated passage of an acceptable (firm but fair) piece of legislation to tackle cybercrime, which has huge economic and social costs for Nigeria. The inability of Nigerian entrepreneurs to connect with global platforms, especially to complete required payment services, and the suspicion of anything Nigerian online, do not help the ongoing work of all tiers of government – and society – towards making Nigeria one of the top 20 economies by 2020. As part of our MISSPIN campaign, we asked Nigerians to sign a petition that stated: “Dear

honourable and distinguished members of the National Assembly, please give Nigeria

cybercrime legislation NOW!” A list of signatories is also included, and we thank you in advance for the hard work that will go into ensuring that Nigeria will soon have legislation that will punish cybercrime, demonstrate Nigeria’s readiness to fix the embarrassing problem (with huge economic cost to Nigeria’s online-related businesses) and also lay the groundwork towards redirecting the energy of youth who are at risk with cybercrime towards positive internet use. We believe, sir, that the young (wo)men who search for credit card details to scam others can do research if retrained; those who clone websites to defraud can obviously design websites; and those who have hacked government websites (National Assembly, NDDC, EFCC and Nigeria.gov.ng have been victims) can help protect critical infrastructure. We appreciate your huge support and look forward to a continued relationship with you towards the improvement of the lives of Nigeria’s youth. Best regards, ‘Gbenga Sesan

On behalf of PIN, MISSPIN Partners and Under-listed Petitioners


PETITION SIGNATORIES

1. A Kareem 2. Abayomi Kazeem 3. Abayomi Omoola-Peters 4. Abayomi Sosan 5. Abba Shehu 6. Abel Atakefa 7. Abimbola 8. Abiodun Ajayi 9. Abiodun Onipede 10. Abiodun Thorpe 11. Abiola 12. Abiola Adesanya 13. Abiola Olaleye 14. Abiona Alli 15. Abolarinwa Simeon O 16. Aboyeji E Iyinoluwa 17. Abraham Shakespare 18. Abubakar Muhammed Abubakar 19. Ade Sofola 20. Adebayo Mariam 21. Adebayo Balogun Muyideen 22. Adebnniyi Temidayo 23. Adedayo Makinde-Adeniyi 24. Adedeji Simeon 25. Adediran Adeoluwa 26. Adefunke Alao 27. Adefunke Joan Alao 28. Adejumobi Oluwasegun 29. Adekanye Tayo Emmanuel 30. Adekunle "Snatcha" Adeyoola 31. Adelowo Rukayat 32. Aderibigbe Adedayo 33. Adeshina Olabisi Aisha 34. Adesuwa Ogbomo 35. Adetokunbo C. Daramola 36. Adetoun Lajuwomi 37. Adewale Adeoye 38. Adewale Rabiu 39. Adewale Shogade 40. Adewole Taiwo 41. Adewumi Adesida 42. Adeyemi 'Jide 43. Adeyemi Olumayowa 44. Adeyemi, Olumayowa Bernard 45. Adline


46. Adonye Adafe-Jaja 47. Afolabi Emmauel Babajide 48. Agbai E Agbai 49. Agbude Dorothy 50. Aghudum Okowa 51. Ahmed Ismaila 52. Ailuorio Peter Jones 53. Aj Roca 54. Ajayi Oluwarotimi 55. Ajobtewe Omolade 56. Akan Jack 57. Akejuolukemi Adeyoju 58. Akibor Juile 59. Akin Akintayo 60. Akin Oyebode 61. Akinade Ibuoye 62. Akinbo A. A. Cornerstone 63. Akindele Oyeyemi 64. Akindele Oyeyemi 65. Akinlemibola Damilola Joe 66. Akinremi Makanjuola 67. Akinso Sheyi 68. Akintokunbo Adejumo 69. Akinwande Adegbola 70. Akinwumi Oladipupo 71. Akokomu Victory 72. Alabi Micheal 73. Alegbe Cynthia 74. Alex P 75. Alphonsus Ekwunife 76. Amadeus Xephyros 77. Amaechi David 78. Andrea Nemec 79. Andrew Heugel 80. Angie Starling 81. Anibe Agamah 82. Antoine Katz 83. Antonina L. 84. Arafat Salvador 85. Archie Graham 86. Aremu Kayode 87. Armand Biron 88. Aron Thomas 89. Athena Batsios 90. Awosanya 'Yinka 'Sanya 91. Awotunde Taofik 92. Awotunde Tirimisiyu


93. Ayesaiw Christopher 94. Ayo Alli 95. Ayo David 96. Ayo Fagbamiye 97. Ayodeji Aladejebi 98. Ayodeji Okunlola 99. Ayodeji 'Whizzy' Ogundiran 100. Ayodele 101. Ayoola Animashaun 102. Azaimeh Praise 103. Azike John 104. Babafemi Oyediran 105. Babajide Adegbilero 106. Bamidele Fakorede 107. Bankole Olubamise 108. Barreres I Castro Alba 109. Bayode Atandeyi 110. Bayoko P. Tumini 111. Beatrix Malan 112. Benjamin Daniel 113. Benjamin Spearin 114. Benjamindan 115. Bidemi Sholeye 116. Biee O'la 117. Bisola Edun 118. Black Gold 119. Blessing Jacob 120. Bode Nojeem Lawal 121. Bonaventure Adogamhe 122. Bosun Olanrewaju 123. 'Bosun Tijani 124. Brandon Traister 125. Bryan D. Freehling 126. Bukola Olayemi 127. C A 128. C B 129. C L 130. C R 131. Caitlin Mcgee 132. Calystus Onyejiekwe Ifeanyi 133. Carlee Trent 134. Cate Murray 135. Ccumedw 136. Celestine Ezeokoye 137. Charles Okoh 138. Charles Alasholuyi 139. Charles Ibube


140. Chase Gentry 141. Chidi Anekwe 142. Chioma Agwuegbo 143. Christine Abel 144. Christopher Eleodimuo 145. Christopher N. Morris 146. Chuka Odiachi 147. Chukuka Ikpeazu 148. Cindy Brower 149. Claudia Matzat 150. Collins Onongbo 151. Concerned Citizen 152. Cooke A. Franklin 153. Cooke Rita 154. Dadi Dindul 155. Dakolo Young 156. Damilare Akinlaja 157. Damilola Afolabi 158. Damilola Okuneye 159. Damisola Akolade 160. Dania Precious 161. Daniel 162. Danjuma Mallum 163. Dapo Sosanya 164. Dare Dina 165. Dare Hamzat 166. Dare Owatemi 167. David 168. David Adedeji 169. David Edoja 170. David Ifiok 171. David John 172. David Zradicka 173. Dawn Edwards 174. Dawn Mason 175. Dayo Fagade 176. Debby A. Chidinma 177. Deborah Shillam 178. Decs Lecx 179. Denise L. 180. Dennis Ajalie 181. Diamond Moore 182. Diana Ferreira 183. Dick Lee 184. Dominic Delarmente 185. Don And Irene Fewell And Koch 186. Donna Mock


187. Doyin Ijiwola 188. Doyin Oluntona 189. Dr Faleti Taiwo Vincent 190. Dr Muktar Ahmed Gadanya Mfr 191. Ebikekeme Oginiza 192. Ebimobowei Jikenghan 193. Eddie Higginson 194. Edetaen Ojo 195. Edobor 196. Edward Laurson 197. Edward Craig 198. Efe Ariaroo 199. Efejuma Robinson 200. Efevbaire 201. Egbede Cyril Chinwendu 202. Egede Charity 203. Ejeahakonye Ikenna 204. Ejechi Victor 205. Ejiro Igbesoko 206. Eke Eleanya Urum 207. El Kwakyr 208. Ele Isaac Destiny 209. Elijah Adegoke 210. Elisabeth Kelly 211. Elizabeth Moses 212. Emma Smith 213. Emmanuel Aladetan 214. Emmanuel Njoku 215. Emmanuel Oluwatosin 216. Engr G.C. Nduagu 217. Ernest Ojeh 218. Ernesto Meligan 219. Esam Abulkhirat 220. Esta Morenikeji 221. Eta Uso Jr 222. Etinosa Peter 223. Ettong Ndifreke 224. Eyiwunmi Akinsanmi 225. Eze Amechi 226. Ezeh Nkechi 227. Ezeocha Martha 228. Ezeocha Victor 229. Eziye A. Jeremiah 230. Fadara Abiodun O 231. Fakunle Idaya 232. Fallon Goodman 233. Famous Onokurefe


234. Felix A. Momoh 235. Felix Ekpa 236. Femi (Babawande) Adedeji 237. Femi Elegbede 238. Femi Oyenekan 239. Fight For Crime Nigerians 240. Folarin Adeyanju 241. Francis Onwumere 242. Fulvia Marino 243. Funke Olaogun 244. Funmi Onamusi 245. Funmi Oyetosho 246. Funso Oladunjoye 247. Gbenga Gold Olorunpomi 248. 'Gbenga Sesan 249. Gbenro Fakeye 250. Gbolade Shoyemi 251. Gbolarunmi Samson 252. Genius 253. George Alex 254. George Owunari 255. Giga Ben Morka 256. Glory Ihuoma 257. Goriola Bashiru 258. Gregory Esteve 259. Guy Obayuwana 260. Hakeem Condotti 261. Hammed Ayodeji Ibrahim 262. Hassan Buwai 263. Helen Moroney 264. Hon. Oguinye Probity 265. Howard Cohen 266. Ibatere Loveth 267. Ibrahim Bashir 268. Ibrahim Lawal 269. Ichofu Rita 270. Idiare Atimomo 271. Ife Adebayo 272. Ifeanyi Odigwe 273. Ifeyinwa Okadigbo 274. Igberelou Ufuoma 275. Ighorodje Oghenemarho Paul 276. Ighoroje Peace 277. Ihuoma Ezekiel 278. Ijeh Nwanyiego 279. Ikechukwu Onyeulor 280. Ikosa Abigail


281. Ilesanmi Maranatha 282. Iluyemi Olugbenro 283. Ilyas Adeleke 284. Imasuen Emmanuel 285. Ira Mak 286. Isaac Oraweme 287. Isaac Success 288. Isiaka Saliu 289. Ismaila Awotunde 290. Isreal Charity 291. Iyaworokere Morayo 292. Iyede Benedicta 293. Iyeye Clara 294. J R 295. J T 296. J. Bahmgartner 297. J. N. Valente 298. Jackie Tryggeseth 299. James M Nordlund 300. James Onyebuchi Raphael 301. James Walker 302. Jason J Green 303. Jd Meyer 304. Jeffrey Jaiyeola 305. Jennifer Hall 306. Jenny Dooley 307. Jide Hassan 308. Jide Isinkalu-Ajayi 309. Jillian York 310. Jim Mock 311. Jimoh Halimh 312. Jimoh Kafayat Abolanle 313. Jiyoung Â“‹ Chung 314. Joanna Sanderson 315. Joel Patenaude 316. John Blessing 317. John Dada 318. John Funso-Adebayo 319. John Ifeoma 320. John Nathan Contrea 321. John Richard Young 322. Johnson Ajayi 323. Johnson Emmanuel 324. Jon Spinac 325. Jonah Iboma 326. Josh Alfonso 327. Joshua Awesome


328. Joshua Okafor 329. Jubril Fatima 330. Judith Abel 331. Jummy Yetty 332. Justina Rowland 333. Kathleen Ndongmo 334. Katt Pigott 335. Kayode Ajayi-Smith 336. 'Kayode Akanni 337. Kelly R. 338. Kemi 339. Kenneth Oliko 340. Kenneth Knoppik 341. Kenny Dave 342. Khalifa Gurati 343. Kimberlee Mcbride 344. Kingsley Okere 345. Kingsley Uzokwe 346. Kola Osinowo 347. Kole Sunday 348. Konaughe Alfred 349. Kristy Mitchell 350. Kunle Durojaiye 351. Kurt Frees 352. L M 353. Larry Forward 354. Laurie Sudol 355. Lekam 356. Lekan Baruwa 357. Lena Rehberger 358. Lola 359. Lolu Daniels 360. Loy O 361. Loy Okezie 362. Lucas Ajanaku 363. Lukas Martinelli 364. M G 365. Macfred Daniel 366. Madeleine Ashdown 367. Maduabuchi Ijeoma 368. Margaret Rigsby 369. Maria Eke 370. Maria F. 371. Maria Lianou 372. Marianne Good 373. Mark Folashade 374. Mark Noble


375. Marta Correia 376. Martins Cole 377. Mary Obami 378. Maryam Mohammed 379. Matthew Ibiwoye 380. Maureen North 381. Mercy Abang 382. Meredith L 383. Michele Mercer 384. Mike Adeayo 385. Mike Antone 386. Mike Schena 387. Misan Begho 388. Mobolaji Osinuga 389. Mogaji Olalekan 390. Mohammed Sani 391. Mohammed Shaba Abdullahi 392. Monday Macmartins 393. Moronkola Olawale 394. Mrs.Fausat Al Kamir 395. Muhammad Usman 396. Mukaila Alayo 397. Muotoh A Ify 398. Murewa 399. Mustapha Shafi 400. Mustapha Thecolnassite E-Skillz 401. Mustapha Yunusa 402. Nasiru Mu'azu Isa 403. Natalie Geraci 404. Natalie Van Leekwijck 405. Natasha Leite De Moura 406. Ndamza C. Ukeni 407. Ndubuisi Egwim 408. Nelson Mahah 409. Nesta Komolafe 410. Nick Hardy 411. Nicole Weber 412. Nkem Nweke 413. Nkemdilim Uwaje 414. Nmerenini C. Michael 415. Nmerenini Ogechi 416. Nofisat Zaheem 417. Noibi Kazeem 418. Nwachukwu Chibuzo, Governor 419. Obi Destiny Onah 420. Obinna Echendu 421. Obinna O'sobalu


422. Obinna Ukpabi 423. Obinnaya Egbe 424. Odebunmi Kunle 425. Odedina Timothy 426. Odunayo 427. Oduntan Odubanjo 428. Ody Mbegbu 429. Ofili Joy 430. Oforibika Mikky Omoloja 431. Ogbonnaya Eke 432. Oguike Ndubuzor 433. Ogundimu Ahmed 434. Ogunyemi Bankole Taiwo 435. Ojelabi Mathew 436. Ojo Davieson 437. Okafor Emeka 438. Oke Dietake 439. Okeke Ifeanyi 440. Okorie Kingsley 441. Okorie Kingsley Chukwudi 442. Okorie N Chukwudi 443. Okpono Love 444. Okpono Oke 445. Okuekhamhen Irene 446. Okworogwo Chiedozie 447. Oladapo Akinro 448. Oladeinde Olayiwola 449. Oladipo Fasoro 450. Oladokun Lanre 451. Olaitan Sokleva Hughes 452. Olajide Bamidele 453. Olajire Kayode S 454. Olalekan Akinremi 455. Olamide Awosoji John 456. Olamide Egbayelo 457. Olanrewaju Lewis 458. Olaoluwa Eliseus 459. Olapite Gbenga 460. Olatodokun R 461. Olatokunbo Fagbamigbe 462. Olatokunboh Kuti 463. Olatoyosi Beatrice 464. Olatoyosi Deborah 465. Olatunde Comfort 466.Olatunde Esther 467. Olawale Ayodele 468. Olayemi Oyetoyan


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563. Sean Moroney 564. Sean Garland 565. Seember Nyager 566. Seember Nyager 567. Segun Olojo-Kosoko 568. Segun Demuren 569. 'Segun Emuleomo 570. Segun Manuel 571. Seun Ayilara 572. Seun Owolabi 573. Shalonda Linnear 574. Sharon A 575. Sharon Obode 576. Shedy Berrios 577. Sheriff Shittu 578. Shina Oyetosho 579. Shittu Morifat 580. Shobowale Rotimi 581. Shola Aluko 582. Silas Olatayo 583. Smart Glory 584. Sola Adeola 585. Solobert J. Young 586. Stella Erus 587. Stephen Akintunde 588. Stephen D. Esq. 589. Stephen Greene 590. Steven Cayford 591. Suara Kafayat 592. Sunday Felix 593. Sylva Ifedigbo 594. Taiwo Olalekan 595. Taiwo Olayinka 596. Tajudeen Alabede 597. Tawakalitu Olabisi Soleye 598. Tayo Olosunde 599. Tega Otojare 600. Temidayo Deborah 601. Temilade Sesan 602. Temitayo Oluwalade 603. Tenedaniel Itseoritse 604. Timothy Ogene 605. Titi Omo-Ettu 606.Tola Olujuwon 607. Tolu Ogunlesi 608. Tolu Wesley 609.Tolulope Obidiran


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