The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the anti-graft agency is planning to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters known as ‘Yahoo Boys’.

This was according to a statement by the commission on Friday of Olukoyede speaking on Thursday when a delegation of the National Association of University Students led by its President, Obadi Marshal, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.

Olukoyede said that the rehabilitation would be useful in reorienting the minds of the convicts and redirecting their productive energies to positive endeavours.

Olukoyede said, “We have a plan to rehabilitate convicted internet fraudsters with lesser sentences. The plan is to work with the correctional centre to make them useful and more productive in society.

The EFCC boss cautioned youths against indulging in internet crimes, stressing that the implications of such an act are grave.

He added, “When you think deeply, that tag ‘ex-convict’ is not a good thing. You can never tell where you will find yourself tomorrow, and they will want to profile you and discover that you are an ex-convict.

“So, it is even in the interest of the youth that the EFCC is doing what it is doing to prevent them from indulging in the heinous act of cybercrime.

“The issue of dichotomies of associations is disturbing. Regulate yourselves and the society will take you more seriously.”

On his part, Marshal said the visit was to build synergy with the EFCC in its fight against cybercrimes across Nigerian university campuses.

“The aim of our visit today is to see how we can synergize and partner with the EFCC in eradicating cybercrime in all the higher institutions of learning in the country,” he said.

“NAUS has never been part of it and will never support it, that is why we are at the EFCC to see how we can collaborate to end it. The onus is on us all to save our youths from taking part in it and to save our country.”

Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/03/efcc-to-rehabilitate-convicted-yahoo-boys-chairman/

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Them wan use them do yahoo

Another looting format.

I think rehabilitation does not work in Nigeria because corruption stops the rehabilitation from taking place in the prisons or centres. I don't know any ex convict but I hear ex convicts become worse after leaving prisons. It is claimed that Nigerian prisons are more corrupt and more dangerous than the outside.

Since they rehabilitate mass killers and sucide bombers,i see no reason why fraudsters shouldn't be.

Hmmm.
The same way Boko Haram insurgents have been successfully rehabilitated into 'bandits' abi

Who will rehabilitate the polithievecians looting trillions of naira from our commonwealth

We never ready.

This is a welcome development. However, there will be lack of transparency in the policy. Some will be nailed while others will be rehabilitated according to your religion or geopolitical zone.

If you are from South West, you will benefit massively from this proposal,
If you are from the North, you're in a good book of APC, you will be rehabilitated.
If you are from South East, run ooo
If you are from South South run ooo

This is a trap for South East and South South, they will not benefit from this Wicked Tinubu regime. This policy will only benefit those from South West and North due to Nepotism of this wicked and cruel regime of Tinubu...

Ah

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EFCC needs their support to be more effective, hence the proposed collaboration.

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Looting format.

immortalcrown:
A way to embezzle more.

EFCC will be like; We used 2.5trillion to rehabilitate convicted yahoo boys

The only way to rehabilitate them is to take them oversea to continue their life. Nigeria is already corrupted but our leaders and coming back into same system will still make them go back to yahooing

Nigeria wey don cast

immortalcrown:
A way to embezzle more.

Ex convict na big boys name for this country if you know your way.

They call me shalipopi

The only permanent solution is to fix the rots in our educational systems.

Misplaced priority from another clueless public servant.

Rehabilitate someone that has touched thousands of dollars or someone into Yahoo plus... Ok nah


What do I even know?

I would like to know his method of rehabilitation cos punishment and rehabilitation simultaneously are the best available now for criminals. And the success rate is still extremely low. Most criminals don't change, and every government aims to keep them out of society as soon as they have shown no remorse and there is no positive change.

Nothing concern me but E dey mind

Next is to rehabilitate Ndi boko haram so that when people talk Una go talk say Una dey rehabilitates yahoo boys too

Ndi ala
Tinubu onye ala
Shettima onye ori
Akpabio onye ori

And make them minister of fraud and wire wire


Nigeria is really a strange place

So this na their way forward

Lol, how is making money illegally something to be rehabilitated from?

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It's a beautiful one actually


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Good move. But Lol

Rehab the politicians/leaders too …

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Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2024/03/efcc-to-rehabilitate-convicted-yahoo-boys-chairman/

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Efcc shouldn't waste their time. Adults don't change. The best solution is to give them jobs in ICT sector.
It's just like saying you want to rehabilitate corrupt politicians, have anyone seen a repented politician?

This country is one hell of a bad joke! Rehabilitating YAHOO BOYS is another avenue to siphon billions of Naira.

EFCC really learnt from Nigerian Army.

So they can come out and start scamming again àbi