The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has stated that the agency is not only going after internet fraudsters, popularly known as “Yahoo boys’, but after mega thieves.
The EFCC boss stated this in a statement issued by the agency’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, during an Anti-Corruption Concert organized to create greater awareness and public involvement in the fight against internet crimes, held on Monday in Abuja.
In the statement, Olukoyede promised that he will lead a broad-based and holistic anti-graft war that would not spare anyone linked with any form of economic and financial crimes.
“We will not spare anyone. We will not spare the mega thieves. As we are doing the mega, we will also do those at the lower end.
“In the last two months, we have arraigned two former governors. So, it is not true that we are only focused on internet fraudsters.
“Of course, internet fraud is bad enough but our focus is on every form of economic and financial crimes,” he said.
He cautioned youths against indulging in internet-related offences, pointing out that the consequences of being convicted for such crimes are grave.
“Youths need to know that being ex-convicts has career limitations. Ex-convicts can’t run for public offices, the stigma alone is even terrible.
“I urge you to avoid internet crimes by all means. Your future is more important than any immediate gains from such crimes,” he said.
