EFCC: Rehabilitation Centers For Yahoo-Yahoo Boys

The Acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has said the agency is planning to rehabilitate young people who are engaged in Internet fraud, known as “Yahoo Yahoo boys”.

Magu announced this in Lagos at the third All Administrators National Conference of the Chartered Institute of Administration on Thursday, at the delivering of a paper titled, ‘Strategic change administration and innovation to curb corruption in Nigeria,’

He said internet fraudsters could be useful to the agency in future.

While speaking on collaboration between the Nigerian graft agency and other nations, Magu said EFCC had secured collaboration with ECOWAS member-states to aid in prosecution of cross-border crimes.

Magu disclosed that the graft agency had been able to secure 614 convictions between January and September. He attributed the development to increase in the agency’s zonal offices from seven in 2009 to 18 in 2018

He also said the agency had also increased and trained more staff in effort to curb corruption in the country.

Magu charged the CIA to collaborate with the agency in the fight by making sure that they administer their affairs in a corruption-free manner, while calling on civil organizations and members of the public to report cases of corruption to the agency.