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General News of Saturday, 13 June 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Ibrahim Magu says EFCC not involved in arrest of Hushpuppi

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Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that the agency is not involved in the arrest of Ramoni Igbalode aka Hushpuppi.

Hushpuppi was arrested by Interpol in Dubai following an investigation on fraud on States in America.

Speaking to TVC, Magu stated that the EFCC will be willing to assist in the case against Hushpuppi.

“We are yet to be involved in the case of Hushpuppi, but if they happen to give us this thing (details) we would assist”, Magu said.

In the interview, Magu revealed that the EFCC is not just after the arrest and prosecution of internet fraudstars. According to him, the antigraft agency also rehabilitates them.

“We are not all about arresting, prosecuting and chasing of internet fraudsters, and taking away the proceeds of their crime, but we are also trying to see wether we can rehabilitate them. Because most of this boys are either undergraduate or graduate from higher institutions, so they can be better people to our country.

"The menace of Yahoo boys is also a course of concern, we are collaborating with other law enforcement agencies.

"Yahoo boys have an association with their mothers who do not feel what their children are doing is a crime actually. It is called the “Yahoo Yahoo Mothers Association, a suitation where the mother would go abroad and the child would stay there and help them syphon funds from credit card fraud.

"So we are doing everything possible to arrest the situation”, he said.