{"id":128694,"date":"2023-12-07T17:48:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/07\/olukoyede-didnt-say-70-of-nigerian-students-are-criminals-efcc\/"},"modified":"2023-12-07T17:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T17:48:07","slug":"olukoyede-didnt-say-70-of-nigerian-students-are-criminals-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/07\/olukoyede-didnt-say-70-of-nigerian-students-are-criminals-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Olukoyede Didn&#8217;t Say 70% Of Nigerian Students Are Criminals \u2013 EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_688507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-688507\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-688507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/774003_gggggggggg_jpg7d3166b50c2c60e0500920e68fd76a94.jpg\" alt=\"Internet fraudsters\" width=\"470\" height=\"503\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-688507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yahoo Boys<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied media reports claiming that Ola Olukoyede, the agency\u2019s Chairman labelled 70 percent of Nigerian university students as internet fraudsters.<\/p>\n<p>Olukoyede was quoted to have stated that \u201cseven out of 10 students are involved in cyber crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, in a statement on Thursday, Dele Oyewale, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, stated that Olukoyede\u2019s comments were misinterpreted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, EFCC\u2019s boss said that if the youth involvement in internet fraud is not addressed in the next ten years, seven out of 10 of the youths may be getting involved in cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201cThe attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, has been drawn to some needless misrepresentation of the concerns of the Executive Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede to the rising incidences of internet-related crimes involving youths across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: 70% Of Nigerian Students Are Criminals \u2014 EFCC Boss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a recent meeting with some representatives of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs paid him a courtesy visit and he called for wider media enlightenment of youths as a counter-measure against the menace of internet fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did say that reports and intelligence available to him indicated that, unless this trajectory of youth involvement in internet fraud is addressed and reversed, the future of their leadership of our great nation may be threatened and if it continues in the next ten years, seven out 10 of our youths may be getting involved in cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt no time did he say that \u201cseven out of 10\u2033 Nigerian students are criminals\u201d. His concerns still bother breaking the jinx of the mass indulgence of youths in cybercrime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe EFCC wishes to assure the public that Olukoyede is doubly committed to the progress of Nigerian youths and this underscores his calls for collaborative interventions in offering them more productive and sustainable alternatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"890536\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-2013375398\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/300x250b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo Boys The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied media reports claiming that Ola Olukoyede, the agency\u2019s Chairman labelled 70 percent of Nigerian university students as internet fraudsters. Olukoyede was quoted to have stated that \u201cseven out of 10 students are involved in cyber crimes.\u201d However, in a statement on Thursday, Dele Oyewale, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Olukoyede Didn&#039;t Say 70% Of Nigerian Students Are Criminals \u2013 EFCC - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/07\/olukoyede-didnt-say-70-of-nigerian-students-are-criminals-efcc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Olukoyede Didn&#039;t Say 70% Of Nigerian Students Are Criminals \u2013 EFCC - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yahoo Boys The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has denied media reports claiming that Ola Olukoyede, the agency\u2019s Chairman labelled 70 percent of Nigerian university students as internet fraudsters. 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