TECH DIGEST – As part of effort to tackle the rising spate of insecurity in Nigeria, E.F. Network, an indigenous tech company, has urged citizens to work towards supporting the security agencies in order to enhance their the effectiveness in making the country safer.

The Chairman/CEO of the company, Mr Gideon Egbuchulam, who made the call while briefing journalists in Abuja, explained that the recent launch of a security solution called efphonetaxi, was part of the company’s contribution towards deployment of ICT for crime fighting in the country.

“We (E.F. Network) have developed the efphonetaxi to assist in crime fighting by the security agencies in Nigeria.

He, however, added, “we cannot all be security officers to make a difference, but could contribute to our country in different ways to enhance the country’s security apparatus”.

According to him, Nigeria is unfortunately among the some of the countries in the world that is bedeviled with high rate of kidnapping and other criminalities, and some of the strategies adapted by countries in similar situation included the use of technology and asymmetric approach for crime fighting.

He, therefore, advised Nigerians to embrace the use of the new technology –efphonetaxi – to curtail the scary level of phone related crimes.

The Chairman said, “efphonetaxi will reduce the number of phone related crimes, as the solution has anti-kidnapping tool which will help Nigeria security agencies respond faster to crimes.”

With the solution, Nigerians can now heave a sigh of relief from the incessant phone related crimes or phone owners exposing their phone contents to thieves or unauthorized persons.

The app gives precise location of the person in possession of the phone hereby providing a tool for instant arrest and clamp down on marauders.

It renders a stolen phone useless when remotely locked or even facilitates the arrest of the thief.

Another beauty of the app is that the icon on the phone can be hidden where the thief won’t know it is installed and codes or PIN, only known to the owner, is used to operate the phone remotely.

The owner of the stolen/lost phone performs efphonetaxi commands remotely without the thief knowing what is happening, including snapping the pictures of the thief. In the event the owner was harmed, the pictures of the thief taken remotely by the owner or relative with the phone owner’s PIN could be helpful to law enforcement agencies.

The company advised phone owners to share their access code with trusted friend or family member who can assist perform the remote commands functions in the event the owner of the phone is unable to do so when the phone is lost, stolen or the owner is kidnapped.

This is necessary because, if no command is sent to the phone, the thief may have access to the content of the phone. Once the lock code is sent, the app locks the phone while the owner commences search activities. By so doing no unauthorized user can access any information once the phone is code-locked.

The company, E.F. Network further said if the owner or authorized user fails to initiate a recovery attempt, efphonetaxi app may not know that the phone has been stolen or lost.

The company directs any one requiring further explanation or assistance to contacts it’s customer service at 08091113333 or visit efphonetax.com for more details.

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TECH DIGEST – Security tech company, E.F. Network Limited, which recently unveiled an anti-kidnapping application, said the decision by Nigeria’s senate to extend an invitation to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, over the growing rate of insecurity in Nigeria, as appropriate.

Spokesperson of the firm, Mr Ameh Ochojila in a statement, described the Senate’s invitation to Pantami as timely, before Nigeria falls deeper into the hands of terror gangs.

The technology solution – efphonetaxi– is an app designed to recover phone owners’ data, lost, or stolen phone, also has an anti-kidnapping tool to help combat the spate of kidnapping, and other crimes Nigeria Police are battling to unravel daily in Nigeria.

Ochojila explained that the senate had mandated its two committees, on Legislative Compliance and Communications to invite the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy to impress on him the need to implement the resolutions of the Senate regarding security related to the mandate of his ministry.

Rising under Order 42 and 52 of the Senate Rules, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (PDP – Taraba South), noted that “the rate of insecurity in Nigeria has not only increased astronomically but has reached a melting point.”

He raised alarm that “bandits, terrorists negotiate for ransom using telephones and getting away with it”, querying, “how can we be so negligent and insensitive to the safety and security of citizens?”

Also commenting, an Abuja-based security consultant, Wale Anado, said some of the crimes and criminality that haunts citizens daily in the country could be averted and prevented with a simple deployment of advanced technologies such as efphonetaxi.

“It is on record that stolen phones have been connected to many crimes, as criminals would not use their own registered phone numbers to commit phone related crimes, similar to how car thieves use stolen cars to commit crimes, “he added.

Anado further explained that, the answer is for the government to encourage citizens and public institutions, as a matter of policy, to embrace innovative technologies such as efphonetaxi.

“With phone owners having such solution as efphonetaxi it could avert crimes and recover their stored records on the phones, and lock the phones from unauthorized users” he said.

The security expert advised Nigerians to embrace the technology- efphonetaxi as it will reduce and expose the number of phone related crimes, which the Nigeria Police respond to on a daily basis across the country, in particular, where the victims are injured or even killed.

The efphonetaxi.com app renders a stolen phone useless when remotely locked and also facilitates the arrest of the thief.

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