Ibrahim Magu, acting chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said the agency is not involved in the arrest of Instagram celebrity, Ramon Igbalode popularly known as Hushpuppi.
On June 10, Hushpuppi was arrested in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) alongside his colleagues by International Police (INTERPOL) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for alleged fraud.
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In an interview on TVC News Journalist Hangout on Friday, Magu said the commission is not involved in Hushpuppi‘s arrest, stressing that;
We are yet to be involved in the case of Hushpuppi, but if they happen to give us details, we would assist.
The antigraft agency boss during the interview also denied allegations that the agency is mostly interested in the arrest and prosecution of internet fraudsters and not corrupt politicians.
He stated;
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 whether we can rehabilitate them. This is because most of these 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.
Magu stressed that;
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.
