EFCC denies branding successful youth internet fraudsters
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied allegation it was haunding young successful people in its quest to contain internet fraud alias Yahoo-Yahoo.
Nigerians on social media have overtime accused the agency and the police of branding every young successful person as an internet fraudster with little or no evidence.
But Chairman of the Commission Ibrahim Magu denied these allegations on Monday evening.
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During an interview after the opening ceremony of a three-day conference and retreat for senior police officers held in Lagos, Magu insisted that the EFCC went after its suspects based on credible intelligence.
He also reiterated that the EFCC was making plans to rehabilitate arrested internet fraudsters so they could be of great use to the country and society.
Magu said: “We go after fraudsters and not successful young persons. We do due diligence before clamping down on them.
“I have also mentioned that we are making arrangement to rehabilitate these arrested fraudsters so that they can be useful to the society,” he said.
