{"id":162930,"date":"2025-05-17T17:26:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi"},"modified":"2025-05-17T18:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T17:31:39","slug":"traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi","title":{"rendered":"Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has begun clamping down on members aiding internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys and other criminals operating across the state.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the Association in Kogi State, His Royal Highness, Chief Ibrahim Amodu, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Lokoja during the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that criminals now commit crime with the aid of some members of the association, citing the \u2018Yahoo Plus boys\u2019 as an example.<\/p>\n<p>Amodu warned that the association\u2019s new code of practice prohibits practitioners from aiding and abetting in such criminal acts as it is capable of destroying the corporate image of the body.<\/p>\n<p>He lauded the Commissioner of Police, CP Miller Gajere Dantawaye, the Director, State Security Service, Commandant, Civil Defense Corps and other security agencies for being alive to their responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>Amodu noted that the continued synergy with all security agencies would guarantee total liberation from criminal tendencies, maintaining that traditional medicine should be used for good intentions and not for evil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers are advised to abide by the code of practice. Any member found wanting would be made to face the full wrath of the law by facing prosecution accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me stress at this point once again that all practitioners are expected to abide by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as well as that of NANTMP, with particular reference to Article 46 of the NANTMP Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy leadership has put up a task force to check the conduct of traditional medicine practitioners, just as some are alleged to be working with Yahoo boys, etc. Anyone found in such act will have himself to blame,\u201d Amodu warned.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has begun clamping down on members aiding internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Boys and other criminals operating across the state. Chairman of the Association in Kogi State, His Royal Highness, Chief Ibrahim Amodu, disclosed this while speaking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":162929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[396,254],"class_list":["post-162930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kogi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has begun clam ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kogi State chapter of the National Association of Nigeria Traditional Medicine Practitioners (NANTMP) has begun clam ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-17T16:26:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-17T17:31:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747490532.14307.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-17T16:26:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-17T17:31:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi\"},\"wordCount\":307,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/sm_1747490532.14307.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kogi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/traditional-medicine-practitioners-move-against-members-aiding-yahoo-boys-criminals-in-kogi\",\"name\":\"Traditional medicine practitioners move against members aiding Yahoo boys, criminals in Kogi - 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